Act I Julius Caesar Review

Cassius tells Brutus that the name of Brutus is “as fair a name” as that of Caesar. Why does Cassius tell Brutus this information

Cassius relates a story about swimming with Caesar in the Tiber River. Why does Cassius tell this story?

What motivation do Brutus and Cassius share?

Name the speaker: “I was born free as Caesar: so were you”.

Name the speaker: "When Caesar says ‘Do this, it is performed.’”

Name the speaker: "Let me have men about me that are fat, / Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights”.

Name the speaker: “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world/ Like a Colossus, and we petty men/ Walk under his huge legs and peep about/ to find ourselves dishonorable graves.”

Act I of the play provides basic information about the characters and their situation. What is this part of a play called?

In Act I, scene i, what purpose does Flavius’ dialogue with the commoners serve?

In scene ii, what is suggested by the soothsayer’s warning and the actions of Cassius?

The feast of Lupercal was celebrated on _____

What do the tribunes do at the end of scene i?

Which of the following was a physical problem for Caesar?

______informed Cassius and Brutus what occurred at the games during the feast.

What happened to the tribunes?

“…he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus” is an example of

Cassius, at the end of scene ii, describes Brutus as _____.

Cassius’ character can best be described as _____.

In scene ii, why does Cassius compliment Brutus?

What internal conflict does Brutus face in Act I?

In scene ii, according to Cassius, who is to blame for Caesar’s rise to power?

When Caesar says that Cassius has a “lean and hungry look,” what feeling is he expressing toward Cassius?

In scene ii, what does Casca’s description of Caesar’s behavior when he is offered the crown suggest about Caesar’s success?

At the end of scene ii, what plan does Cassius describe?

At the beginning of scene iii, how does Casca describe the thunderstorm?

What is the Roman attitude toward suicide expressed by Casca in scene iii?

Judging by his actions in Act I, what may be Caesar’s tragic flaw?

The feast of Lupercal is _____.

Cassius, in his attempt to persuade Brutus to join his cause, appeals to Brutus’ _____.

On the Feast of Lupercal, Caesar told Antony to

What does Caesar mean when he refers to his infirmity?

What does Casca mean when he says that the strange happenings in Rome are portentous?

When Cassius says that Caesar has grown prodigious, what is his opinion of Caesar?

Name the speaker: “Be not deceived: if I have veiled my look, / I turn the trouble of my countenance/ Merely upon myself.”

Why does Caesar distrust Cassius?

In scene i, why do Flavius and Marullus try to stop people from celebrating?

In scene ii, what is the significance of saying that Caesar is “like a Colossus”?

Based on Brutus’ reaction to Cassius in scene ii, what may be Brutus’ tragic flaw

Name the speaker: “What means this shouting? I do fear the people / Choose Caesar as their king.”

Name the speaker: “For whom so firm that cannot be seduced?”