Julius Caesar Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. According to Casca, what happens when Antony presents Caesar with a crown during the Lupercal celebration?
Caesar accepts it and immediately declares himself king.
Caesar gives it to Brutus as a gesture of trust.
Caesar refuses it three times, although Casca thinks he was reluctant to do so.
The crowd seizes it before Caesar can respond.
2. Calpurnia dreams that Caesar’s statue pours blood while Romans wash their hands in it. How does Decius reinterpret the dream?
It shows that Rome will draw renewing strength and honor from Caesar.
It predicts that Caesar will be injured but survive the Senate meeting.
It means Caesar must punish disloyal senators before they rebel.
It warns that Antony intends to claim Caesar’s political position.
3. What warning does the soothsayer give Caesar?
Beware the coming battle at Philippi.
Do not allow Antony to speak in public.
Beware the Ides of March.
Do not accept a crown during the festival.
4. At the end of the play, why does Antony call Brutus “the noblest Roman of them all”?
Brutus defeated Caesar’s forces without seeking personal recognition.
Brutus protected Antony throughout the conspiracy.
Brutus restored political peace before taking his own life.
Unlike the other conspirators, Brutus acted from what he believed was concern for Rome rather than envy.
5. What message does Caesar’s ghost give Brutus?
Antony will offer Brutus a peaceful settlement.
Cassius intends to betray Brutus during the battle.
Brutus will see him again at Philippi.
Octavius will abandon the campaign before dawn.
6. How does Portia try to prove to Brutus that she is strong enough to share his secret concerns?
She promises to accompany him to the Senate.
She reveals that she has deliberately wounded herself in the thigh.
She confronts Cassius and demands an explanation.
She offers to warn Caesar about the conspiracy.
7. Which combination of tactics most directly helps Antony turn the funeral crowd against the conspirators?
He uses repeated irony, displays Caesar’s wounds, and reveals the generosity of Caesar’s will.
He presents written proof that Brutus planned to become king.
He promises immediate Senate positions to citizens who support him.
He claims that Cassius has already confessed to inventing the plot.
8. Brutus permits Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral. Which condition is part of their agreement?
Antony must say that he speaks with the conspirators’ permission and must not blame them.
Antony must finish before Brutus addresses the crowd.
Antony must avoid mentioning Caesar’s body or will.
Antony must publicly join the conspiracy before speaking.
9. Who finally holds Brutus’s sword while Brutus runs upon it?
Strato
Volumnius
Lucilius
Messala
10. In the assassination scene, what does Caesar’s reaction to seeing Brutus among the attackers emphasize?
Caesar had secretly expected Brutus to lead the attack.
Brutus’s participation feels like a profound personal betrayal.
Caesar believes Brutus can still stop the other conspirators.
Brutus has been ordered to strike by Antony.
11. Cassius wants Brutus to believe that ordinary Romans oppose Caesar’s rise. What tactic does Cassius use?
He arranges for Casca to accuse Caesar in the Senate.
He has forged letters placed where Brutus will find them.
He pays citizens to confront Brutus in the street.
He asks Antony to report Caesar’s private ambitions.
12. How does Brutus say Portia died?
She was killed during the violence following Caesar’s funeral.
Overcome by distress, she swallowed fire.
She was executed after being linked to the conspirators.
She died from the wound she had inflicted on her thigh.
13. The conspirators want Brutus to join their plot against Caesar. What makes his support especially valuable to them?
His legal office would allow him to remove Caesar without violence.
His authority as a general would place every Roman soldier under their command.
His close friendship with Antony would guarantee Antony’s cooperation.
His honorable reputation could make the conspiracy appear principled.
14. During their quarrel at Brutus’s camp, what issue most clearly places Brutus and Cassius in conflict?
Cassius wants to surrender to Antony before the battle begins.
Brutus believes Cassius has secretly negotiated with Octavius.
Brutus condemns corruption and resents Cassius for defending an officer accused of taking bribes.
Cassius refuses to let Brutus learn about Portia’s death.
15. After learning that Cassius is dead, how does Brutus respond?
He accuses Titinius of arranging Cassius’s death.
He hides the death from every soldier and retreats toward Rome.
He immediately sends an offer of surrender to Antony.
He calls Cassius the last of the Romans and orders a burial away from the camp.
16. Why does the mob kill Cinna the Poet?
They discover that he delivered forged letters to Brutus.
They hear him praise Brutus’s funeral speech.
They believe he wrote Caesar’s will for Antony.
They attack him because he shares Cinna the conspirator’s name, ignoring his explanation.