The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Final Test ReviewLiterary Terms: be able to define the following terms1. monologue2. soliloquy3. aside4. stoic5. tragedy6. tragic flaw7. tragic heroFigurative Language: be able to identify the type of figurative language exemplified below:8. The cobbler’s words, “I am a mender of bad soles” is an example of9. Brutus’ words “…O conspiracy, / Sham’st thou to show dang’rous brow by nigt, / When evils are most free? O, then

by day / Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough / To mask thy monstrous visage?”10. The type of speech Antony gives alone over Caeasar’s body. 11. What does Caesar’s ghost foreshadow?12. The type of speech Brutus gives a speech to the mob. 13. At the beginning of Act II, Brutus contemplates joining the conspiracy, alone in his garden. What type of speech is

this?14. What are the persuasive techniques Antony uses to persuade the crowd in Act III? Be able to identify examples of

each.Plot of Shakespearian Tragedy: Choose the letter of the correct answer.15. In a Shakespearian tragedy, Act I is what part of the plot?16. Be able to identify the main event in each of the following:

a. exposition b. rising action c. climax d. falling action e. resolution17. In a Shakespearian tragedy, the climax occurs during Act III because it is in the middle, it is the height of the action,

and it’s the turning pointElements of a Tragedy: Choose the letter of the correct answer.18. List the traits a tragic character19. What is Brutus’ tragic flaw?20. What is Caesar’s tragic flaw?21. Why is The Tragedy of Julius Caesar considered a tragedy?22. What are the arguments against Cassius’ being the tragic hero?23. What tragic quality does the following quote reveal about Brutus? “My heart doth joy that yet in all my life / I found

no man but he was true to me.”24. List quotes describing Caesar that reveal his tragic flaws.Act II25. What is Brutus deciding when he delivers a soliloquy in his orchard at the beginning of Act II?26. What is Brutus’ motivation for joining the conspiracy?27. What is Brutus deciding when he says, “And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg / Which hatched, would as his

kind grow mischievous, / And kill him in the shell”?28. Why does Portia give herself a wound in the thigh?29. Why did Brutus say, “Render me worthy of this noble wife”?30. Why does Calpurnia ask Caesar not to go to the Senate?31. What finally happens that convinces Caesar to go to the Senate?32. What does the note say that Artemidorus wants to give Caesar?33. What does Portia say at the end of Act II to show that she suspects the conspirators are up to something and she can

do nothing to stop them?Act III34. What is ironic about the timing of Caesar’s murder (in relation to events in Act III, scene i)?35. What is Caesar’s attitude as the conspirators surround him to make a petition at the beginning of Act III?36. How are Antony’s true feelings about the conspirators first revealed?37. Antony wants to speak at Caesar’s funeral; what are the reactions of Brutus and Cassius?38. In his funeral monologue, why does Brutus give as the reason he killed Caesar?39. What are the props Antony uses to persuade the crowd of plebians?40. In his funeral monologue, how does Antony show that the conspirators were not honourable?41. Whose speech ultimately and finally wins over the crowd of plebeians and why?

42. The mob of plebeians want to kill Cinna the Poet, even after they realize his was not a conspirator. What does this show readers about the mob?

43. Who is Caesar’s official heir?Act IV44. Who are the members of the triumvirate?45. What is Brutus beginning to realize at the beginning of Act IV?46. Why are Brutus and Cassius fighting?47. Why has Portia committed suicide?48. What news did Messala bring Brutus?49. Brutus and Cassius disagree about their battle strategy. Who wins this disagreement?50. How does Brutus show stoicism in Act IV?51. What message does Caesar’s ghost bring Brutus?Act V52. How does Brutus feel about suicide at the beginning of Act V?53. What is Cassius’ fatal mistake?54. What is ironic about the date on which Cassius dies?55. What is the main reason Brutus does not want to be captured and taken back to Rome?56. How does Brutus show stoicism in Act V?57. How does Brutus know “his hour is come” to die?58. How does Brutus die?Quotations: be able to identify the speaker of the following quotations

59. “I shall rememberWhen Caesar says ‘Do this’ it is performed.”

60. “Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear;,Seeing that death, a necessary end,Will come when it will come.”

61. “I have made strong proof of my constancy,Giving myself a voluntary wound

Here in the thigh; can I bear that with patience,And not my husband’s secrets?”

62. “…I am constant as the Northern Star,Of whose true fix’d and resting qualityThere is not fellow in the firmament.”

63. “Caesar, now be still;I killed not thee with half so good a will.”

Quotations: be able to identify the importance of the following quotations64. Caesar says, “Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.” 65. What does Caesar say the moment before he dies?66. “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, / And Brutus is an honourable man.”67. “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves,

than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?”68. Antony: “Octavius, lead your battle softly on / Upon the left hand of the even field.”

Octavius: “Upon the right hand I; keep thou the left.”Antony: “Why do you cross me in this exigent?”Ocatvius: “I do not cross you; but I will do so.”

69. “This was the noblest Roman of them all. / All the conspirators, save only he / Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.”

70. “There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune; / Omitted, all the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.”

71. “Methinks there is much reason in his sayings.” / “If thou consider rightly of the matter, Caesar has had great wrong…” / “Marked ye his words? He would not take the crown, / Therefore ‘tis certain he was not ambitious…”

72. “[My horse] is a creature that I teach to fight, / To wind, to stop, to run directly on, / His corporal motion governed by my spirit… / He must be taught, and trained, and bid go forth. / A barren-spirited fellow, one that feeds / On objects, arts, and imitations…Do not talk of him / But as a property.”

73. “Alas, thou hast misconstrued everything!”

Open Response: you will answer the following questions in the style of Literacy Exam, using graphic organizers.74. How did Antony sway the plebians during his speech? List the four persuasive techniques we discussed in class,

give an example of each, and explain the affect each technique had on the crowd. (20 points)75. Who is the tragic hero in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar? List the three characteristics of a tragic hero and explain,

with evidence from the play, how your character fulfils each of these characteristics.