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Caesar’s Jeopardy Game
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Wait, what happened?
Shakespeare Caesar Ho?!The Term Is …
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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