Julius Caesar
STUDY QUESTIONS—ACT III
Mrs. Hinton :: English 10
scene i
1. Who gives Caesar a letter warning him of the assignation plot?
2. Who gets Antony out of the way, so he cannot interfere with Caesar’s assassination?
3. To what does Caesar compare himself? What does he mean by this analogy?
4. Who stabs Caesar first? Who stabs him last?
5. What are Caesar’s last words in Latin? What do they mean in English?
6. What do the conspirators do with Caesar’s blood after he is dead?
7. Who shakes the conspirators’ bloody hands?
8. What is one of the three conditions under which Brutus allows Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral?
9. In Antony’s soliloquy, what are Caesar’s wounds personified as?
scene ii
10. Brutus says he loves Caesar, but loves what more?
11. How does Brutus justify the assassination of Caesar?
12. What does Antony call the conspirators repeatedly in his oration?
13. Antony gives examples of how Caesar was NOT what?
14. What does Antony refuse to do at first?
15. What does Antony show the people to arouse their pity?
16. Which stab wound does Antony say really killed Caesar?
17. What does Caesar leave the people of Rome in his will?
18. What do the Roman people plan to do after Antony’s speech?
19. What do Brutus and Cassius do?
20. Who does Antony go to meet?
scene iii
21. Why does the crowd kill Cinna the poet?
Julius Caesar
STUDY QUESTIONS—ACT IV
Mrs. Hinton :: English 10
scene i
22. Who are the three members of the triumvirate? What are they preparing?
23. How does Antony feel about Lepidus?
scene ii
24. Where do Brutus and Cassius set up camp?
25. What does Brutus describe Cassius as? What does it mean?
26. Why does Brutus tell Cassius they should speak inside the tent?
scene iii
27. Why is Cassius so angry with Brutus at first?
28. What does Brutus say Cassius has been accused of?
29. Why does Brutus say Cassius’ threats do not bother him?
30. Who comes to break up Brutus’ and Cassius’ argument?
31. Where are Antony and Octavius setting up camp?
32. How does Portia die? How does Brutus react to her death?
33. Who visits Brutus after everyone has gone to bed? What does the visitor tell him?
Julius Caesar
STUDY QUESTIONS—ACT V
Mrs. Hinton
scene i
34. What do Antony and Octavius argue about?
35. What does Cassius call Antony? What does he call Octavius?
36. On whose birthday does the battle take place?
37. What does Cassius see that causes him to believe in omens?
38. What do Brutus and Cassius decide they will each do if their forces are overcome? Why?
scene iii
39. Why does Cassius kill one of his own men?
40. Who is fighting whom in the battle?
41. Why does Cassius decide to commit suicide? Who helps him?
42. Who kills himself when he finds Cassius’ body? Why?
43. To whom does Brutus give credit for causing the suicides?
44. Why does Brutus send Cassius’ body away?
scene iv
45. Who does Lucilius impersonate? Why?
46. Why does Antony order his men to treat the captive, Lucilius, kindly?
scene v
47. Who helps Brutus commit suicide? How?
48. What is done with Brutus’ body?
49. Who does Antony call the “noblest of all Romans”?
50. Where does the battle take place?