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Julius Caesar (play) - Test
  • 1. In which year is Julius Caesar believed to have been written and first performed?
A) 1599
B) 1601
C) 1588
D) 1610
  • 2. Who led the political conspiracy that resulted in Julius Caesar's assassination?
A) Flavius and Marullus
B) Cassius and Brutus
C) Mark Antony and Octavius
D) Pompey and his sons
  • 3. What was the primary source for Shakespeare's portrayal of Julius Caesar?
A) The Aeneid by Virgil
B) Livy's History of Rome
C) Caesar's own writings
D) Sir Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Parallel Lives
  • 4. Who is often regarded as the tragic hero in Julius Caesar?
A) Brutus
B) Mark Antony
C) Cassius
D) Caesar
  • 5. What major event follows Caesar's assassination in the play?
A) Caesar's revival and return to power
B) Rome's subsequent civil war
C) A peaceful transition of power
D) The immediate crowning of Brutus as ruler
  • 6. What does the soothsayer warn Caesar about?
A) Beware the ides of March
B) The betrayal by Brutus
C) A storm on his return
D) Trust no one in Rome
  • 7. Which character attempts to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy against Caesar?
A) Cassius
B) Caesar himself
C) Mark Antony
D) Pompey's ghost
  • 8. What does Mark Antony offer to every Roman citizen in his speech over Caesar's corpse?
A) Land and titles
B) Caesar's personal belongings
C) 75 drachmas from Caesar's will
D) A place in the Senate
  • 9. Where does Caesar die according to Shakespeare, as opposed to historical accounts?
A) On the Capitoline Hill
B) In the Roman Forum
C) In his home
D) At the Curia Pompeia
  • 10. What phrase does Caesar say as he is being assassinated?
A) Et tu, Brute?
B) Alea iacta est
C) Carthago delenda est
D) Veni, vidi, vici
  • 11. What is the name of Caesar's wife who has premonitions about his death?
A) Portia
B) Calpurnia
C) Cleopatra
D) Octavia
  • 12. Which battle marks the defeat of Brutus and Cassius?
A) The Battle of Philippi
B) The Battle of Pharsalus
C) The Battle of Actium
D) The Battle of Thapsus
  • 13. What is one anachronistic element present in Julius Caesar?
A) Telephones
B) Characters wearing doublets instead of togas
C) Electric lighting on stage
D) Use of modern firearms
  • 14. Who was the first actor to perform Brutus in a major production of Julius Caesar?
A) Edwin Booth
B) John Wilkes Booth
C) Orson Welles
D) Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
  • 15. Which director is known for the 1937 production of Julius Caesar that drew parallels with Fascist leaders?
A) Nicholas Hytner
B) John Gielgud
C) Gregory Doran
D) Orson Welles
  • 16. What is the name of Caesar's adopted son who forms a triumvirate with Antony and Lepidus?
A) Octavius
B) Antony
C) Calpurnia
D) Tiberius
  • 17. What is the central theme of Julius Caesar regarding Brutus's dilemma?
A) The tension between personal loyalty and public duty
B) The importance of wealth over honor
C) The inevitability of fate
D) The power of love in politics
  • 18. Which character's ghost appears to Brutus before the Battle of Philippi?
A) Cassius
B) Caesar
C) Brutus himself
D) Pompey
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