Julius Caesar Act III Study Guide
Act III, scene i (page 941)
1. Why does Artemidorous’ plan to warn Caesar fail?
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2. What was the special task that each of the following men had that ensured the success of the assassination?
a. Trebonius: ______
b. Metellus Cimber: ______
c. Casca: ______
3. Read lines 58-73. To what does Caesar compare himself?
a. ______
b. ______
4. Why are these statements meaningful?
a. ______
b. ______
5. How do Caesar’s remarks support the action the conspirators are about to take?
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6. Read lines 78-95. How do the conspirators react to Caesar’s death?
a. Cinna and Cassius: ______
b. Brutus: ______
c. Metellus: ______
7. What do their reactions suggest about their various motives for the crime?
a. Cassius: ______
b. Brutus: ______
c. Metellus: ______
8. Trebonius returns to the scene of the crime. Where is Antony?
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9. Read lines 98-100. What does Brutus predict will happen?
______10. Read lines 103-116. What does Brutus tell the conspirators to do?
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11. Read lines 148-163. What is Antony’s purpose in delivering this monologue?
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12. What does Antony ask of the conspirators?
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13. What request does Antony make of the conspirators?
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14. Why does Cassius want to deny this request?
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15. What four rules must Antony follow in delivering his funeral speech?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
d. ______
16. Read lines 254-275. What does Antony’s soliloquy reveal to the audience that other characters do not know?______
17. What is Antony’s real response to Caesar’s death?
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18. Who has now arrived near Rome?
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Act III, scene ii (page 952)
1. Where does this scene take place? ______
2. Read lines 12-34. What is Brutus’ purpose in delivering this monologue?
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3. What reasons does he give for killing Caesar?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
4. What was the crowd’s reaction to what he had to say?
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5. How is Brutus able to win the people’s good opinion and support?
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6. Read lines 74-108. How does Antony’s speech differ from that of Brutus?
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7. What does Antony say during his speech that becomes increasingly more ironic?
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8. What is Antony’s stated purpose in delivering the funeral speech?
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9. How does Antony appeal to the crowd’s emotions?
a. ______
b. ______
c. ______
10. What “proof” does Antony give that Caesar was NOT ambitious?
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11. Read lines 119-147. What does Antony say in his speech in order to further manipulate the crowd against the conspirators?
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12. Read lines 158-161. In what way does the action onstage connect Caesar’s body and the words in his will? ______
13. What is the effect on the crowd at this point in the funeral speech?
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14. Read lines 170-230. How does Antony once again appeal to the crowd’s emotions?
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15. How does the crowd feel at the end of the scene?
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16. Where are Brutus and Cassius?
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Act III, scene iii (page 961)
1. What is the significance of this scene to the play?
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Act III quotes: Identify the speaker of each of the following quotes.
1. “But I am as constant as the Northern Star.” ______
2. “You shall not in your funeral speech blame us, / But speak all good you can devise of Caesar, / And say you do’t by our permission.”______
3. “Not that I loved Caesar less, / But that I loved Rome more.” ______
4. “…do not consent/ That Antony speak in his funeral. / Know you how much the people may be moved/ By that which he may utter?”______
5. “For Brutus is an honorable man, / So are they all, all honorable men.” ______
6. “That we shall die, we know; ‘tis but the time, / And drawing days out, that men stand upon.” ______
7. “O mighty Caesar!.../ Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, / Shrunk to this little measure?” ______
8. “Mischief, thou art afoot, / Take thou what course thou wilt.” ______
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