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Quiz about 9 for 10  Julius Caesar

9 for 10 - Julius Caesar Trivia Quiz


"Julius Caesar" is not performed very often. However, it is full of well known quotes. See how many you know. The first letter of the answers to 1 to 9 spell the missing word in the last quote.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
minch
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
203,238
Updated
Sep 14 23
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
5089
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Question 1 of 10
1. Anthony in his soliloquy over Caesar's body says:
"Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the ---- of war"."
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The night before the battle at Philippi, Brutus makes a speech in which he says:
"There is a tide in the ---- of men
Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune."
What is the missing word?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Antony says of Brutus "This was the ---- Roman of them all."
What is the missing word?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What sort of life did Antony say that Brutus led? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ----". What is the missing word in this opening line of the speech made by Mark Anthony?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 6 of 10
6. When Brutus is asked why he turned against Caesar he says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved ---- more". What is the missing word? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Caesar says: "The valiant never taste of death but ----". What is the missing word? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Cassius says to Brutus:
"The fault, dear Brutus,is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are ----". What word is missing?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who warns Caesar "Beware the ides of March"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Caesar says that Cassius thinks too much and goes on to add that "such men are ...". What is the missing word?

Answer: (One Word Spelled by the first letters of the first nine answers.)



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Anthony in his soliloquy over Caesar's body says: "Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the ---- of war"."

Answer: dogs

Act III Scene 1: Anthony makes a speech over Caesar's body; he starts by saying:
"O! pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers"
He ends with:
"Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war;
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial."
2. The night before the battle at Philippi, Brutus makes a speech in which he says: "There is a tide in the ---- of men Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune." What is the missing word?

Answer: affairs

Act IV Scene 3: Brutus and Cassius, having had news that the forces of Antony and Octavius are approaching, argue about the best place in which to confront these forces. Brutus wishes to go forward to meet them on the plains of Philippi, a decision that proves fatal.
3. Antony says of Brutus "This was the ---- Roman of them all." What is the missing word?

Answer: noblest

Act V Scene 5: At the end of the play Brutus is slain. Antony says of Brutus:
"This was the noblest Roman of them all:
All the conspirators save only he
Did that they did in envy of great Caesar;
He, only in a general honest thought
And common good to all, made one of them."
4. What sort of life did Antony say that Brutus led?

Answer: gentle

Act V Scene 5:
"His life was gentle, and the elements
So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, 'This was a man!"
5. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ----". What is the missing word in this opening line of the speech made by Mark Anthony?

Answer: ears

Act II Scene 2: This is one of the best known quotes in the play. It introduces the speech made by Marc Antony after Caesar's assassination. Brutus speaks first and sways the crowd his way. He has them agreeing it was right to get rid of Caesar. However, Antony's speech sways them against the conspirators. Shakespeare, shows how easy it is to manipulate a crowd.
6. When Brutus is asked why he turned against Caesar he says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved ---- more". What is the missing word?

Answer: Rome

Act III Scene 2: Brutus speaks to the crowd after Caesar's assassination. After he has wooed the crowd, Brutus departs and leaves them to Antony's superior oratory.
7. Caesar says: "The valiant never taste of death but ----". What is the missing word?

Answer: once

Act II Scene 2: Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, asks him not to go out as she has had a dream in which he was murdered, but Caesar says:
"Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once."
8. Cassius says to Brutus: "The fault, dear Brutus,is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are ----". What word is missing?

Answer: underlings

Act I Scene 2: Cassius waxes eloquent when he tries to persuade Brutus to join the conspirators against Caesar.
9. Who warns Caesar "Beware the ides of March"?

Answer: soothsayer

ActI Scene 2: At the beginning of the play a soothsayer comes up to Caesar when he is walking in the streets of Rome, and tells him to beware of the ides of March. On this day Caesar encounters the soothsayer again and says to him "The ides of March are come" to which the soothsayer replies, "Ay Caesar, but not gone".
10. Caesar says that Cassius thinks too much and goes on to add that "such men are ...". What is the missing word?

Answer: dangerous

The first letters of the answers to the first nine questions spell the answer to this question.

Act I Scene 2: Caesar is speaking to Anthony.

"Let me have men about me that are fat;
Sleek-headed men and such as sleep o'nights.
Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much:
Such men are dangerous."
Source: Author minch

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