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Who Said It?

What were the years of Shakespeare’s birth and

death?

1564-1616

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What were the three types of plays that Shakespeare

wrote?

Tragedies, Comedies, and Histories


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Before Shakespeare was a playwright and poet, what did

he do?

He was an actor.


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What poetic form did Shakespeare most commonly

write in?

Iambic pentameter.


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How did the Globe Theater burn down?

During a performance of Henry VIII, a canon

set the roof on fire.


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Why did Cassius kill himself?

He was defeated by Antony and thought

Brutus was defeated, too


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What did Cassius use to make sure Brutus was aligned with

the conspirators?

Forged letters.


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How does Portia die?

She “swallows fire.” She swallowed hot coals.


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Explain the following quote:

No, not an oath. If not the face of men,

The sufferance of our souls, the time’s abuse -

If these be motives weak, break off betimes,

And every man hence to his idle bed.

If we’re not doing this for the right reasons go

home now.


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Which persuasive technique did Cassius use MOST to

sway the decision of Brutus?

Logos, but some pathos too.


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What is the name of the man Caesar overthrew to take

control of Rome?

Pompey.


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Name one of Caesar’s weaknesses mentioned by

Cassius.

He’s a poor swimmer and he got sick in Spain. (I will also accept, although not mentioned by

Cassius, that he is deaf in one ear and has seizures)


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Who is the first conspirator to stab Caesar?

Casca (Speak hands for me!)


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Which conspirator reinterprets Calpurina’s

dream and convinces Caesar to go to the Capitol?

Decius Brutus.


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Before entering the Capitol, how many warning signs does

Caesar miss about the conspiracy? Name them.

1. “Beware the Ides of March”

2. Artemidorus’ letter


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The literary term for the character who drives the

action of the plot.

Protagonist.


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The literary term for the highest point of the action.

Climax.


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The conversation between Flavius and Marullus and the

cobbler serves as this?

Exposition.


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A word or phrase that means two different things at the same time is called this?

A pun.


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The fact that Cassius dies on his birthday is an example of

this?

Situational irony.


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Let me have men about me that are fat,

Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep-a-nights.

Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;

He things too much: such men are dangerous.

Julius Caesar.


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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;

I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

The evil that men do lives after them,

The good is oft interred with their bones.

Marc Antony.


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Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,

To cut the head off and then hack the limbs,

Like wrath in death and envy afterwards;

For Antony is but a limb of Caesar.

Marcus Brutus.


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Cowards die many times before their deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Julius Caesar.


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Beware the Ides of March.

Soothsayer.


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