Reading Check Summary Questions

Reading Check Summary Questions:

Directions: Answer the questions in sentence form.

1. Having succeeded in driving away the cobbler and the carpenter, what further efforts do Flavius and Marullas make to lessen the importance of Caesar’s return?

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2. Why does Caesar ask Mark Antony to touch Calpurnia’s stomach after the race which is part of Lupercal?

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3. What does Cassius tell Brutus was the outcome when he and Caesar swam in the Tiber River?

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4. What does Cassius say happened to Caesar during a military campaign in Spain?

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5. What two physical disabilities of Caesar are revealed in Act 1?

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6. What shady scheme will Cassius use to make Brutus believe that many noble Romans respect him and are fearful of Caesar’s ambition?

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7. If Caesar should be made king, how does Cassius intend to “deliver himself from bondage”?

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8. Why are the conspirators so eager to make Brutus part of their group?

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Reading Check Summary Questions:

Directions: Answer the questions in sentence form.

1. Brutus states in his soliloquy that up to now, Caesar has not let his emotions sway his judgments as a ruler: Why, then, does Brutus fear for the future if Caesar is crowned king?

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2. Since Cassius first mentioned to Brutus his fears about Caesar’s ambition, what does Brutus say his frame of mind has been?

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3. Why does Brutus object to having Cicero as one of the conspirators?

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4. What is Brutus’ opinion of Mark Antony?

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5. Before asking her husband to tell her his secrets, what physical injury does Portia perform to prove her strength of character?

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6. What has made Portia suspicious of the men who have visited Brutus in the garden?

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7. Who arrives at Caesar’s house just after the conspirators have left but is not one of them?

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Reading Check Summary Questions:

Directions: Answer the questions in sentence form.

1. After Cassius offers a place in the new government and they shake hands, what does Antony do that causes Cassius to doubt he is truly a friend to the conspirators?

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2. What is Antony’s true opinion of the conspirators? (He tells us in his soliloquy.)

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3. Why has Octavius Caesar come to Rome?

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4. What are the two terms of Caesar’s will?

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5. Whom does Anthony join after his speech in the marketplace?

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6. By the end of the scene in the marketplace, what has become of Cassius and Brutus?

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7. In Scene III, in which Cinna the poet meets some citizens of Rome, what lesson is being taught about the character and actions of a mob?

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Reading Check Summary Questions:

Directions: Answer the questions in sentence form.

1. How does Portia commit suicide?

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2. According to letters that Brutus and Messala have received, approximately how many senators have Anthony, Octavius, and Lepidus already put to death in Rome?

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3. What does Brutus fear will happen along the way if Antony’s and Octavius’ armies march from Phillippi to Sardis?

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4. What message does Caesar’s ghost have for Brutus?

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5. Brutus and Cassius disagree about battle strategy—whether or not their armies should march to Phillippi, and Cassius concedes to Brutus. On what two other occasions in the play have they disagreed about important issues?

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Reading Check Summary Questions:

Directions: Answer the questions in sentence form.

1. What bad omens did Cassius see during the march to Phillippi?

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2. What was actually happening to Titinius when Pindarus incorrectly reported that he was being captured by the enemy?

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3. After Pindarus slays Cassius (as he has requested), what happens to Pindarus?

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4. Remember that Caesar died on the ides of March (the 15th). What is significant about the day of Cassius’ death?

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5. How does Titinius show his grief at Cassius’ death?

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6. Whose visits to Brutus, both at Sardis and Phillippi, have made Brutus certain that the hour of his death is near?

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7. Anthony called Brutus “the noblest Roman of them all” because ____________________________________

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