Characters and Relationships Plot and Scenes Literary devices and Languages Historical Context Themes and Motifs
100
Who is Julius Caesar?
This roman general's intcreasing power and public praise sparked fears that led to his assassination
100
What is Rome?
The events occur in this city-state, whee political plotting a public speeches drive much of the drama
100
What is pathos (through disturbing imagery)?
The conspirators stab Caesar repeatedly; this image and the repeated action create a sense of this literary effect?
100
Who is Julius Caesar?
The play is set druing the final years of the Roman Republic and dramatizes the consequences of politicla ambition and assassination---name the Roman political figure whose life and death is dramatized.
100
What is ambition?
This topic--the disire for power and its costs--drives much of the action and motivates characters
200
Who is Brutus?
He is Caesar's close friend who struggles withhis conscience and ultiamtley joins the conspiracy; his interal conflict is shown is soliloquys and conflicts
200
What is the Ides of March?
This day, foretold by a soothsayer and marked on the calendar, is when Caesar is warned, but ignores the warning
200
What is pathos?
Antony reads Caesar's will to the citizens and uses rhetorical quesitons and irony. This speech is a prime example of this persuasive techique where the speaker appeals to the audiences' emotions
200
What is Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans?
Shakespeare adapts historical sources for his play. One major source was a collection of Roman histories
200
What is stoic or honorable?
Brutus is often is often presented as an example of this kind of leader wose actions are guided by reason and public duty rather than self-interest.
300
Who is Julius Caesar?
This person utters the famous line Ët Tu, Brute?"
300
What is Act 3, Scene 1, at the capitol?
The Act, scene, and place where Caesar was stabbled
300
What is an aside?
A short phrase or comment addressed to the audience or another character that others on stage are not supposed to hear---used bycharacters like Cassius to reveal plan details.
300
Who is Emperor Augustus?
The play represents the rise of Octavious as part of the aftermath. Octavious later becomes the first Roman ruler with this title.
300
What is their guilt?
The blood on the hands of the conspirators symbolizes this
400
Who is Calphurnia?
She is Caesar's wife who dreams of his death and urges him to stay home on the Ides of March.
400
What is Sardis?
After Caesar's ceath, Brutus and Cassius meet here to discuss the consequences and prepare for the conflict with Antony and Octavious.
400
What is verbal irony?
In his funeral speech, Antony continually refers to the conpirators as honorable men. This is an example of what literary device?
400
What is civil war, political unrest, end of the republic (any of these answers are acceptable).
The public reaction to Caesar's assassination in the play sows mob behavior and political manipulation. Name one real political consequence from the play that follows the assassination.
400
What is the power of rhetoric/written speech?
Antony and Brutus both give funeral speeches with different effects. This theme explores how public speech can change public perception and moral judgment.
500
Who is Mark Antony?
After Caesar's assasination, this follower of Caesar becomes part of the Second Triumvirate and speaks the funeral oration that turns the crowd against the conspirators.
500
What is verbal irony and pathos?
In a public spech after Caesar's death, Antony uses this rhetorical device repeatedly to cast doubt on the conspirators'motives while appearing to follow their request to not speak negatively about them
500
What is juxtaposition or antithesis?
Antony's funeral oration manipulates the crowd by juxtaposing Caesar's deeds with the conspirators' claims; name the rhetorical strategyof presenting two opposite ideas to highlight contrast.
500
What is (answers will vary)
One use of omens in Julius Caesar and what the omen represented
500
The motif of honor recurs throughout th eplay. Explain in one sentence how Shakespeare complicats the idea of honor using Brutus's choices and outcomes.
Brutus believes he acts honorably for the Republic, but his rigid sense of honor and misjudgment of public opinion lead to civil war and his own downfall, whoing that honor without practical wisdom can have destructive consequences.






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