The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 3: Drawing Conclusions

Question 1

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 1.DECIUS. Shall no man else be touched, but only Caesar?CASSIUS. Decius, well urged. I think it is not meet Mark Antony, so well beloved of Caesar, Should outlive Caesar. We shall find of him A shrewd contriver. And you know his means,165 If he improve them, may well stretch so far As to annoy us all; which to prevent, Let Antony and Caesar fall together.BRUTUS. Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius, To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,170Like wrath in death and envy afterwards— For Antony is but a limb of Caesar. Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. We all stand up against the spirit of Caesar, And in the spirit of men there is no blood.175O, that we then could come by Caesar’s spirit, And not dismember Caesar! But, alas, Caesar must bleed for it. And, gentle friends, Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully. Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods,180Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. And let our hearts, as subtle masters do, Stir up their servants to an act of rage, And after seem to chide 'em. This shall make Our purpose necessary, and not envious,185Which so appearing to the common eyes, We shall be called purgers, not murderers. And for Mark Antony, think not of him, For he can do no more than Caesar’s arm When Caesar’s head is off.190

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A: Mark Antony’s life will be spared because he will be useless without Caesar.

Question 2

What are the purposes of the imagery in this excerpt? Select three options.

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A: to emphasize how dangerously packed the streets are; D: to help the reader picture the excitement in the crowd that follows Caesar; E: to demonstrate how determined the soothsayer is to deliver his message to Caesar

Question 3

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 1.PORTIA. If this were true, then should I know this secret. I grant I am a woman, but withal A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife.300 I grant I am a woman, but withal A woman well reputed, Cato’s daughter.Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded? Tell me your counsels; I will not disclose 'em.305 I have made strong proof of my constancy, Giving myself a voluntary woundHere in the thigh. Can I bear that with patience, And not my husband’s secrets?BRUTUS. O ye gods,310 Render me worthy of this noble wife![Knocking within]Hark, hark, one knocks. Portia, go in a while, And by and by thy bosom shall partake The secrets of my heart.315 All my engagements I will construe to thee, All the charactery of my sad brows. Leave me with haste.

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D: "And by and by thy bosom shall partake / The secrets of my heart."

Question 4

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1.[FLAVIUS.] Go you down that way towards the Capitol; This way will I. Disrobe the images, If you do find them decked with ceremonies.MARULLUS. May we do so?65 You know it is the feast of Lupercal.FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no images Be hung with Caesar’s trophies. I’ll about, And drive away the vulgar from the streets: So do you too, where you perceive them thick.70 These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, Who else would soar above the view of men, And keep us all in servile fearfulness. [Exeunt]

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B: It introduces opposition to Caesar.

Question 5

What is symbolism in a play?

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D: a literary device that uses something simple or insignificant to represent a much bigger idea

Question 6

Which sentence contains the strongest example of imagery?

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C: Stars shimmered in the sky like a sea of tiny candles.

Question 7

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1.[FLAVIUS.] See whether their basest mettle be not moved.60 They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness. Go you down that way towards the Capitol; This way will I. Disrobe the images, If you do find them decked with ceremonies.MARULLUS. May we do so?65 You know it is the feast of Lupercal.FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no images Be hung with Caesar’s trophies. I’ll about, And drive away the vulgar from the streets: So do you too, where you perceive them thick.

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B: Caesar will soon be stripped of his position of power.

Question 8

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 4.PORTIA. I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House; Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone.— Why dost thou stay?LUCIUS. To know my errand, madam.PORTIA. I would have had thee there and here again5 Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there. [Aside] O constancy, be strong upon my side; Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue. I have a man’s mind, but a woman’s might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel!10 [To LUCIUS] Art thou here yet?LUCIUS. Madam, what should I do? Run to the Capitol, and nothing else? And so return to you, and nothing else?PORTIA. Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well, For he went sickly forth; and take good note15 What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him. Hark, boy, what noise is that?LUCIUS. I hear none, madam.

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A: Portia wants to take action, but she cannot.

Question 9

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 2.CALPURNIA. When beggars die there are no comets seen;The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.

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B: glory

Question 10

Which quotations from this excerpt are examples of imagery? Select two options.

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C: “…weep your tears / Into the channel, till the lowest stream / Do kiss the most exalted shores of all.”; D: “And do you now strew flowers in his way, / That comes in triumph over Pompey’s blood?”

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