Name:
Julius Caesar
ACT I
1. barren
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2. countenance
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3. infirmity
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4. portentous
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LITERARY TERMS. Define each term.
tragedy:
blank verse:
Which characters speak in verse?
prose:
Which characters speak in prose?
iambic meter:
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iambic pentameter:
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6. conflict:
external conflict:
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vs.
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internal conflict:
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7. simile:
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8. metaphor:
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9. soliloquy:
10. pun:
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.Act I, scene 1
1. On what date does the opening scene take place? What holiday is it? Line(s)______
2. What is a tribune?
Why does the tribune Marullus criticize the mob? Line(s)______
3. What do Flavius and Marullus plan to do when the scene ends? Line(s)______
Act I, scene 2
4. Who is Calpurnia?
What is wrong with her? What does Caesar ask Antony to do to help her?
5. What is a soothsayer?
What does the soothsayer tell Caesar?
technique is this an example of?
6. Explain Caesar’s reaction to the soothsayer?
7. How did Cassius save Caesar’s life, according to Cassius? Line(s)______
Which literary
8. Caesar says if he feared anyone, it would be whom and why? Line(s)______
9. Who offers Caesar the crown?
How many times?
10. What kind of disorder does Caesar have?
Why does he refuse it? Line(s)______
What is the ancient Roman term for it? Line(s)______
11. What happens to Marullus and Flavius? Line(s)______
12. Why is Cassius going to write letters to Brutus? Line(s)______
Act I, scene 3
13. What are some of the night’s strange occurrences? Line(s)______
14. To whom does Cassius compare the night of unnatural events? Line(s)______
15. What does Cassius say he will do if Caesar is crowned? Line(s)______
16. Why do the conspirators want Brutus on their side? Line(s)______
ACT II
1. augment
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2. spurn
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3. imminent
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4. Stoic
part of speech: adj
other form(s): stoicism
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Definition
LITERARY TERMS. Define each term. Examples should come from this act.
dramatic irony:
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Situational irony
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verbal irony
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anachronism:
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personification:
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aside:
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Act II, scene 1
1.
On what date does Act II take place? Line(s)______
2.
Why does Brutus want to rebel against Caesar? Line(s)______
3.
What does the note thrown in Brutus’ window say? What does it mean? Who actually wrote the note? Line(s)______
4.
Who does Cassius suggest the conspirators assassinate in addition to Caesar? Why does Brutus argue against this plan?
Line(s)______
5.
Who is Portia?
What does she do to herself to get Brutus to trust her and how is this stoicism? Line(s)______
Act II, scene 2
6.
What do the priests, or augurers, advise Caesar to do?
Line(s)______
7.
What made them think this? Line(s)______
8.
What is Calpurnia’s dream and what literary device is it an example of? Line(s)______
9.
How is Caesar persuaded to go to the senate? Line(s)______
10. By whom?
Act II, scene 4
11. Why is Portia nervous and what does she do about it?
How is this ironic to stoicism? Line(s)______
ACT III
1. apprehensive
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2. orator
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3. malice
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4. valiant
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imagery:
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climax:
Euphemism
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Apostrophe
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Repetition
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Parallelism
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Rhetorical question
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LITERARY TERMS. Define each term. Examples should come from this act.
allusion
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Personification
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Plain Folks appeal
Testimony
Act III, scene 1
1.
Who gives Caesar a letter? Line(s)______
2.
To what does Caesar compare himself? What does he mean by this analogy? Line(s)______
3.
Who stabs Caesar first? Who stabs him last? Line(s)______
4.
What are Caesar’s last words in Latin? What do they mean in English? Line(s)______
5.
What do the conspirators do with Caesar’s blood after he is dead? Line(s)______
6.
What is one of the three conditions under which Brutus allows Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral? Line(s)__
7.
In Antony’s soliloquy, how does he personified Caesar’s wounds? Line(s)______
Act III, scene 2
8.
Brutus says he loves Caesar, but loves what more? Line(s)______
9.
How does Brutus justify the assassination of Caesar?
10.
What does Antony call the conspirators repeatedly in his oration?
Line(s)______
11.
What do Brutus and Cassius do?
Line(s)______
12.
Who does Antony go to meet?
Line(s)______
Act III, scene 3
13. Why does the crowd kill Cinna the poet?
How is this comic relief?
ACT IV
1. apparition
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2. chastise
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II. LITERARY TERMS. Define each term. Examples should come from this act.
foreshadowing: example:
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III. STUDY QUESTIONS.
Act IV, scene 1
1. Who are the three members of the triumvirate? What are they preparing?
2. How does Antony feel about Lepidus and how is his behavior ironic in this scene?
Line(s)______
Act IV, scene 2
3. Where do Brutus and Cassius set up camp?
Line(s)______
4. What does Brutus describe Cassius as? What does it mean?
Line(s)______
5. Why does Brutus tell Cassius they should speak inside the tent?
Line(s)_____
Act IV, scene 3
6. Why is Cassius so angry with Brutus at first?
Line(s)______
7. What does Brutus say Cassius has been accused of?
Line(s)______
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8. Who comes to break up Brutus’ and Cassius’ argument?
Line(s)______
9. Where are Antony and Octavius setting up camp?
Line(s)______
10. How does Portia die? How does Brutus react to her death?
Line(s)______
11. Who visits Brutus after everyone has gone to bed? What does the visitor tell him?
Act V
1. bondage
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2. Stoic
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Scene i
What do Antony and Octavius argue about? Line(s)______
On whose birthday does the battle take place? Line(s)______
Why does Cassius start to believe in omens? Line(s)______
What do Brutus and Cassius decide they will each do if their forces are overcome? Why? Line(s)_____
Line(s)______
Act V, scene ii
Why does Cassius kill one of his own men?
Line(s)______
Why does Cassius decide to commit suicide? Who helps him?
Line(s)______
Who kills himself when he finds Cassius’ body? Why?
Line(s)______
To whom does Brutus give credit for causing the suicides? Line(s)______
11. Why does Brutus send Cassius’ body away?
Line(s)______
Act V, scene iii
12. Who does Lucilius impersonate? Why?
13. Why does Antony order his men to treat the captive, Lucilius, kindly?
Act V, scene iv
14. Who helps Brutus commit suicide? How?
15. What is done with Brutus’ body?
16. Who does Antony call the “noblest of all Romans”?
17. How is the play an example of “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely”?
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