Miss McBride
ENG1D
Name: _____________
Date: ______________
Julius Caesar: Passage Analysis Practice
The following questions for passage analysis are based upon Act I, scene iii (3-36). This
is essential practice for the exam!
1. Describe the context of this passage.
2. Identify one example of alliteration in this passage.
3. Using textual support, explain how imagery is used to appeal to emotion in
this passage.
4. With specific reference to the text, identify and explain two of Brutus’s
character traits that are revealed in this passage.
5. Cite and explain Shakespeare’s use of foreshadowing in this passage.
6. Write an effective paragraph that demonstrates how Shakespeare develops the
theme of omens/superstition in this passage.
Julius Caesar: Passage Analysis Practice
The following questions for passage analysis are based upon Act I, scene iii (3-36). This
is essential practice for the exam!
1. Describe the context of this passage.
2. Identify one example of alliteration in this passage.
3. Using textual support, explain how imagery is used to appeal to emotion in
this passage.
4. With specific reference to the text, identify and explain two of Brutus’s
character traits that are revealed in this passage.
5. Cite and explain Shakespeare’s use of foreshadowing in this passage.
6. Write an effective paragraph that demonstrates how Shakespeare develops the
theme of omens/superstition in this passage.
Miss McBride
ENG1D
Name: _____________
Date: ______________
Act IV
1. By what means does Portia commit suicide?
2. According to letters which Brutus and Messala have received, approximately how
many people have Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus already put to death in Rome?
3. What does Brutus fear will happen along the way if Antony and Octavius’s
armies march from Philippi to Sardis?
4. What message does Caesar’s ghost have for Brutus?
5. Brutus and Cassius disagree in this act about whether or not their armies should
march to Philippi, and Cassius concedes to Brutus. On what occasions earlier in
the play have they disagreed about which course to follow? (On these two
occasions also it was Brutus’s judgment that prevailed.)
Act IV
1. By what means does Portia commit suicide?
2. According to letters which Brutus and Messala have received, approximately how
many people have Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus already put to death in Rome?
3. What does Brutus fear will happen along the way if Antony and Octavius’s
armies march from Philippi to Sardis?
4. What message does Caesar’s ghost have for Brutus?
5. Brutus and Cassius disagree in this act about whether or not their armies should
march to Philippi, and Cassius concedes to Brutus. On what occasions earlier in
the play have they disagreed about which course to follow? (On these two
occasions also it was Brutus’s judgment that prevailed.)