Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

ACTS I-II

Reading Check

1. Where does the play begin?

2. Who warns Caesar to “[b]eware the Ides of March” in Act I, Scene 2?

3. Who offers Caesar a crown during the Lupercalia?

4. What is in the letter Lucius brings Brutus?

5. What is the name of Brutus’s wife?

6. Who dreams of Caesar’s murder?

7. What is in Artemidorus’s letter?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What does Cassius mean when he tells Brutus, “I had as life not be as live to be / In awe of such a thing as I myself” in Act I, Scene 2?

2. Why is Caesar upset when the crowd cheers to see him refuse the crown?

3. What is the significance of Casca using prose, while Brutus and Cassius use blank verse?

4. Why is Brutus against killing Antony in addition to Caesar?

5. Why do the conspirators decide to send Decius to Caesar?

6. Caesar decides to go to the senate despite his wife Calpurnia’s reservations. What does this say about his character?

Paired Resources

“Divination: Greek and Roman Divination” by Sarah Iles Johnston