Julius Caesar

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

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

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 ? Italian Greek Latin English

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

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

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

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 ? Lawrence Olivier Rex Harrison Burt Lancaster John Gielgud

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

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

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

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

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 1 March 7 March 15

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

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

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

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

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