AnswersRMA FL-1001370-English 3 Semester 2The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 2: Causal Relationships

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 4: Monologues Answers

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What is the purpose of a monologue?

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to quickly share a speaker’s thoughts without other characters hearing
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to disclose a speaker’s thoughts quietly to the audience
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to express a speaker’s innermost thoughts only to themselves without other characters engaging or responding to their words
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to reveal their thoughts and emotions to the audience and characters through a moving speech that builds to a climax
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What are the central ideas of this soliloquy? Select three options.

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Antony wants Caesar to forgive him for being nice to his conspirators.
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Antony is pleased by Caesar’s death because he too saw Caesar growing strong with greed.
C
Antony predicts that soon the land will be bloodied by men fighting men.
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Antony expects Caesar’s ghost will eventually praise the conspirators for their bravery.
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Antony compares Caesar’s wounds to mouths wishing to speak.
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Which steps are part of the process of citing supporting details? Select four options.finding repeated ideas, words, and phrasesdetermining the central idea you want to supportwriting a summary of the complete textlooking for facts and examples that support your purposeconsidering all the evidence to ensure your response is completeincluding only the minor details to be certain nothing is missed

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finding repeated ideas, words, and phrases
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determining the central idea you want to support
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writing a summary of the complete text
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looking for facts and examples that support your purpose
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considering all the evidence to ensure your response is complete
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including only the minor details to be certain nothing is missed
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Which quotations support the central idea that if Antony were to be killed, he would be honored to die now, after Caesar? Select three options.

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“O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lie so low? / Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure?”
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“I know not, gentlemen, what you intend— / Who else must be let blood, who else is rank.”
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“If I myself, there is no hour so fit / As Caesar’s death hour, nor no instrument / Of half that worth as those your swords”
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“Live a thousand years, / I shall not find myself so apt to die.”
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“No place will please me so, no mean of death, / As here by Caesar, and by you cut off”
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Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 3, of Julius Caesar.CINNA THE POET. Directly, I am going to Caesar’s funeral.FIRST PLEBEIAN. As a friend or an enemy?CINNA THE POET. As a friend.SECOND PLEBEIAN. That matter is answered directly.FOURTH PLEBEIAN. For your dwelling—briefly.CINNA THE POET. Briefly, I dwell by the Capitol.THIRD PLEBEIAN. Your name, sir, truly.CINNA THE POET. Truly, my name is Cinna.FIRST PLEBEIAN. Tear him to pieces! He’s a conspirator.CINNA THE POET. I am Cinna the poet, I am Cinna the poet.FOURTH PLEBEIAN. Tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses.CINNA THE POET. I am not Cinna the conspirator.FOURTH PLEBEIAN. It is no matter, his name’s Cinna. Pluck but hisname out of his heart, and turn him going.THIRD PLEBEIAN. Tear him, tear him! Come, brands ho! Firebrands!To Brutus’, to Cassius’! Burn all! Some to Decius’house, and some to Casca’s; some to Ligarius’. Away, go![Exeunt]

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Cinna the poet is attempting to flee Rome because of his role in Caesar’s assassination, but is caught by the plebeians.
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The plebeians mistake Cinna the poet for Cinna the conspirator, and while they learn his true identity, they decide to tear him to pieces anyway before going after Caesar’s killers.
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Cinna the conspirator wants to attend Caesar’s funeral and disguises himself as Cinna the poet, but the plebeians discover him and escort him to the funeral.
D
The plebeians are roaming the streets to round up friends of Caesar to bring them to the funeral to support Brutus and Cassius.
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Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.ANTONY. Post back with speed, and tell him [Octavius] what hath chanced.Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome,No Rome of safety for Octavius yet.Hie hence and tell him so.—Yet stay awhile.Thou shalt not back till I have borne this corpseInto the market-place. There shall I tryIn my oration how the people takeThe cruel issue of these bloody men;According to the which, thou shalt discourseTo young Octavius of the state of things.Lend me your hand.[Exeunt with CAESAR’s body]

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Antony wants to send Octavius’s servant to give Octavius a report of the events in Rome.
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Antony sends Octavius’s servant to Octavius to tell him that Rome is dangerous and that it is not safe for him to return yet.
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Antony tells Octavius’s servant to tell Octavius what has happened and to say that Rome is not safe for Octavius yet. Antony tells him to hurry, but then tells him to wait until after he takes Caesar’s body to the marketplace to see how the people react to his eulogy. Once Antony’s speech is done, the servant have a better idea of what will happen next with Rome and can give Octavius the most up-to-date information.
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Antony tells Octavius’s servant to hurry back to Octavius to tell him what has happened and warn him not to come to Rome. Then Antony takes Caesar’s body to the marketplace.
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What is a monologue?

A
the author’s most important ideas in a poem, a short story, or a play
B
a long address given by a character in a story, movie, or play
C
a speech in a movie or play that a character gives to themselves when alone on screen or stage
D
the main character’s words that are intended only for the audience
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Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.[ANTONY.] First, Marcus Brutus, will I shake with you—Next, Caius Cassius, do I take your hand—Now, Decius Brutus, yours;—now yours, Metellus;—Yours, Cinna;—and my valiant Casca, yours;—Though last, not last in love, yours, good Trebonius.Gentlemen all,—alas, what shall I say?My credit now stands on such slippery groundThat one of two bad ways you must conceit me:Either a coward or a flatterer.That I did love thee, Caesar, O, 'tis true.If then thy spirit look upon us now,Shall it not grieve thee dearer than thy death,To see thy Antony making his peace,Shaking the bloody fingers of thy foes—Most noble!—In the presence of thy corse?

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Antony shakes all the conspirators’ hands, starting with Brutus and ending with Trebonius. He says he knows that they must not know what to think of him.
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Antony shakes the hands of all the conspirators and says he knows that his love for Caesar puts him in an unstable position. Then he imagines that it would break Caesar’s heart to see Antony making peace with his assassins.
C
Antony makes peace with the conspirators and acknowledges that while that would hurt Caesar, he is unconcerned.
D
Antony laments making peace with the conspirators in the presence of Caesar’s body and wishes he would have done it after Caesar was buried.
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Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of Julius Caesar.BRUTUS. Grant that, and then is death a benefit.So are we Caesar’s friends, that have abridgedHis time of fearing death. Stoop, Romans, stoop, And let us bathe our hands in Caesar’s bloodUp to the elbows, and besmear our swords;Then walk we forth, even to the market-place,And, waving our red weapons o’er our heads,Let’s all cry "peace, freedom and liberty!"

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Brutus directs the conspirators to bathe themselves and their swords in Caesar’s blood to celebrate both the life and death of Caesar.
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Brutus convinces himself and the others that they freed Caesar from spending time fearing death.
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Brutus says that death is a benefit and that they did Caesar a favor by killing him, because that means he had less time to worry about dying. Then he asks everyone to bathe their hands and swords in Caesar’s blood so that they can walk to the marketplace, crying, “Peace, freedom and liberty!”
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Brutus tells them they did Caesar a favor by killing him, and then he says, “Let’s all cry ‘peace, freedom and liberty!’”, and someday perhaps someone will pay them the same favor.
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What are the central ideas in a play?

A
the most compelling monologues by key characters
B
long speeches that reveal the purpose of a play
C
the most important points an author wants to convey
D
texts written in your own words with key details

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