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