Julius Caesar

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1. What type of play is Julius Caesar ? Farce Comedy Musical Tragedy

2. In what year is the play set ? 44 B.C. 40 B.C. 46 B.C. 39 B.C.

3. What is Caesar's first word in the play ? Antony ! Halt ! Brutus ! Calpurnia !

4. Caesar tells Antony he is not capable of fear. But if he was capable of fear who would he be afraid of ? Cassius Casca Brutus Calpurnia

5. During the games at the first of the play Cicero makes a speech (even though the reader never knows what the speech is about). In what language is the speech ? English Italian Greek Latin

6. What is Brutus' wife's name ? Calpurnia Portia The play never says He's not married

7. How did Brutus' wife die ? Killed by an angry citizen Swallowed a hot coal Stabs herself He had no wife

8. Brutus is believed to make 4 major mistakes in the play. Which is NOT one of the mistakes ? He decides to help kill Caesar He lets Antony speak at Caesar's funeral He does not make the conspiritors take an oath He tells the conspirators not to kill Antony

9. Aside from possibly Caesar himself, who could be considered the main character of the play ? Casca Cassius Antony Brutus

10. Who portrayed Cassius in one movie version of the play and Caesar in another ? John Gielgud Burt Lancaster Lawrence Olivier Rex Harrison

11. What 2 actors portrayed Brutus in the 2 movie versions. (1953 and 1970) ? Richard Burton and Rex Harrison Marlon Brando and Charlton Heston James Mason and Jason Robards Lawrence Olivier and Burt Lancaster

12. What comedian can be seen in the crowd in the 1953 version of the movie ? Rodney Dangerfield Oliver Hardy Jack Benny Henny Youngman

13. What was Caesar's last three words before he died ? Long live Caesar Et tu Brute Then fall Caesar Long live Rome

14. At the base of whose statue did Caesar die ? Romulus and Remus His Own Pompey Zeus

15. Most people know Caesar was killed on the ides of March. According to the Roman Calendar, what day of the month is that? March 13 March 15 March 7 March 1

16. Most people know that Antony' speech begins 'Friends, Romans, Countrymen.... How does Brutus' speech begin ? Friends, Romans, Countrymen Be patient and hear Here me gentle Romans Romans, Countrymen and Lovers

17. Where did Caesar's Ghost tell Brutus he will see him again ? Heaven Hastings Rome Philippi

18. What does Antony keep calling Brutus during his speech ? Murderer Great Roman Honourable

19. Why is Cinna the poet killed by the mob of citizens ? Because he has the same name as a conspirator Because he killed a citizen Because he is a conspirator He wrote a poem putting down Caesar

20. Now an easy one. Who wrote Julius Caesar ? Answer: (Two Words)