Julius Caesar
Study Guide for “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare
The following questions will help you to prepare for your eventual test over “Julius Caesar”. While I will not be collecting this, it is on you to make sure that you are answering the questions as we go. Your test will be taken directly from this study guide.
Act I
1) Judging from the events in Act I, the political mood and behavior of the Romans are best described how?
2) When we first see Brutus, he appears to be ________________________.
3) Which line from Act I foreshadows what will happen to Caesar?
4) “Truly, sir… I am but, as you would say, a cobbler” is an example of what literary device?
5) Cassius states, “Men at some time are masters of their fates: / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Based on this, what can you infer about Cassius?
6) The crowd shouts three times for what?
7) Who are the most loyal supporters of Caesar in Act I?
8) At the end of Scene 2, what does Cassius plan?
9) In Scene 3, Shakespeare uses a violent storm and other unusual natural events to suggest something. What is he suggesting?
10) In Scene 3, Cicero says to Casca, “this disturbed sky / Is not to walk in.” Other than the weather, Cicero is referring to the fact that he __________________
11) What is included in the exposition of Act I?
12) Who is the protagonist?
13) How would one best describe Cassius’ character?
14) What is the central conflict introduced in Act I?
15) Possible essay question from Act I: Dialogue not only reveals the play’s action and the characters’ motives but often shows various arguments or positions or an opinion or an event. In scene 3, lines 34-35, Cicero says of the storm, “But men may construe things after their fashion, / Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.” How does this idea vary from Cassius’s attitude toward the storm? How else could the storm be interpreted? Be prepared to write your answer on a
The following questions will help you to prepare for your eventual test over “Julius Caesar”. While I will not be collecting this, it is on you to make sure that you are answering the questions as we go. Your test will be taken directly from this study guide.
Act I
1) Judging from the events in Act I, the political mood and behavior of the Romans are best described how?
2) When we first see Brutus, he appears to be ________________________.
3) Which line from Act I foreshadows what will happen to Caesar?
4) “Truly, sir… I am but, as you would say, a cobbler” is an example of what literary device?
5) Cassius states, “Men at some time are masters of their fates: / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Based on this, what can you infer about Cassius?
6) The crowd shouts three times for what?
7) Who are the most loyal supporters of Caesar in Act I?
8) At the end of Scene 2, what does Cassius plan?
9) In Scene 3, Shakespeare uses a violent storm and other unusual natural events to suggest something. What is he suggesting?
10) In Scene 3, Cicero says to Casca, “this disturbed sky / Is not to walk in.” Other than the weather, Cicero is referring to the fact that he __________________
11) What is included in the exposition of Act I?
12) Who is the protagonist?
13) How would one best describe Cassius’ character?
14) What is the central conflict introduced in Act I?
15) Possible essay question from Act I: Dialogue not only reveals the play’s action and the characters’ motives but often shows various arguments or positions or an opinion or an event. In scene 3, lines 34-35, Cicero says of the storm, “But men may construe things after their fashion, / Clean from the purpose of the things themselves.” How does this idea vary from Cassius’s attitude toward the storm? How else could the storm be interpreted? Be prepared to write your answer on a