Tech English II
Winter Trimester Final
Name ____________________
Date _____________________
Score _____/120
Please provide a brief (3-4 sentence) description of each character listed below.
Describe their character/personality, and where their alliances lie. (5 points each)
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1. Brutus
2. Caesar
3. Cassius
4. Antony
True/False (20 points)
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________ 1. Brutus cautions Caesar to beware the Ides of March.
________ 2. Antony’s behavior demonstrates that his attitude toward Caesar is
enthusiastically loyal.
________ 3. Brutus loves the name of honor more than he fears death.
________ 4. Cassius warns Brutus, cautioning him that his opinion of himself is too high.
________ 5. Decius claims Calpurnia has misinterpreted her dream about Caesar’s statue
spouting blood.
________ 6. Before stabbing Caesar, Brutus said, “Et tu, Brute.”
________ 7. Because he secretly fears Antony, Brutus refused him the right to speak at
Caesar’s funeral.
________ 8. Antony offered for the murderers of Caesar to kill him also, in “Caesar’s
death hour.”
________ 9. Brutus stated that he killed Caesar because he loved Rome more than he
loved Caesar.
________ 10. In his funeral oration, Antony stated that Brutus was an honorable man.
Multiple Choice (20 points)
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1. When Cassius says, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,/But in ourselves,
that we are underlings,” he is trying to tell Brutus that
A. he should not try to change society.
B. circumstances are controlled by fate.
C. superstition is the cause of his problems.
D. he has the power to change his own destiny.
2. The main political value that Brutus and Cassius share is
A. pride in the wealth of the Roman empire.
B. unquestioning loyalty to the Roman leader.
C. respect for the Roman system of government.
D. ambition to establish Roman rule all over the world.
3. Caesar’s comment about Cassius’s “lean and hungry look” expresses his
A. concern for Cassius’s welfare.
B. pity for Cassius’s social position.
C. suspicion of Cassius’s intentions.
D. certainty that Cassius opposes him.
4. Casca and Cassius regard the disturbances in the weather and other unusual events
as all of the following EXCEPT:
A. coincidences.
B. supernatural omens.
C. warnings to be taken seriously.
D. evidence that their beliefs are correct.
5. The opposition to Caesar is mainly based on fear of his
A. ambitions.
B. popularity.
C. physical illness.
D. military strength.
6. The conspirators want Brutus on their side mainly in order to
A. gain financial assets.
B. win the support of the military.
C. establish Brutus as the new leader.
D. make their campaign seem respectable.
7. At the beginning of Act 2, what is Brutus’s attitude toward killing Caesar?
A. He is searching for a way to avoid this step.
B. He is upset, but certain that it must be done.
C. He is searching for a way to make murder an acceptable choice.
D. He is convinced that a “wait and see” approach is best.
8. Brutus urges the conspirators to spare Mark Antony, claiming that Antony
A. is too widely beloved.
B. is not a serious threat to them.
C. lacks the courage to oppose them.
D. has more loyalty to them than to Caesar.
9. Decius boasts of his ability to influence Caesar by
A. flattering him.
B. reasoning with him.
C. appealing to his sense of humor.
D. reminding him of his responsibilities.
10. Decius persuaded Caesar to go to the Senate by using all of the following
arguments EXCEPT that Caesar
A. cannot fulfill his duties at home.
B. has misinterpreted Calpurnia’s dream.
C. might lose his opportunity to be crowned king.
D. might be mocked by the Senators if they suspected fear.
Quote Identification (20 points)
Write the name of the character who spoke the line. (Note: Some names may be used
twice!)
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1. ___________________
“Those that with haste will make a mighty fire
Begin it with weak straws. What trash is Rome,
What rubbish and what offal, when it serves
For the bare matter to illuminate
So vile a thing as Caesar!”
2. ___________________
“Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar.”
3. ___________________
“Caesar must bleed for it. And, noble friends,
Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully;
Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
Not hew him as a carcass for hounds.”
4. ___________________
“As Caesar loved me, I weep for him. As
he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was
valiant, I honor him; but, as he was
ambitious, I slew him.”
5. ____________________ “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.”
6. ____________________ “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
Like a Colossus, and we petty men
Walk under his huge legs and peep bout
To find ourselves dishonorable graves.”
7. ____________________ “And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg
Which hatched, would as his kind grow
mischievous, and kill him in the shell.”
9. _____________________ “I think it is not meet that Mark Antony,
so well beloved of Caesar,
Should outlive Caesar.”
10. ____________________ “Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus sys he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honorable man.”
Evaluating and Connecting (10 points per questions, 40 total)
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1. In what sense is Brutus in conflict with himself?
2. When does Act 2, Scene 1 take place? What kind of atmosphere does the
setting help to create? How is this appropriate to the action of the scene?
(Hint: weather omens…)
3. What is ironic in Mark Antony’s funeral oration?
(Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man…
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.)
4. Identify who the speaker is and what the occasion is of his speech. Then, place
it into common language. (Suggestion: Be very, VERY thorough in your
translation! Each line is very important!) Then, answer the following questions:
What is the speaker trying to achieve with this speech? What does he need to
convince his audience of?
Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my
cause, and be silent, that you may hear….
If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of
Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar
was no less than his. If then that friend demand
why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer:
--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? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him;
as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was
valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I
slew him. There is tears for his love; joy for his
fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his
ambition. Who is here so base that would be a
bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended.
Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If
any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so
vile that will not love his country? If any, speak;
for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.