Julius Caesar notes(questions and answers).

Act I Scene I takes place on ______. February 15 (Feast of the Lupercal) Play begins with __________ treated in a comedic but respectful way. lower class characters Caesar has defeated ______ _____. Pompey's sons ________ is the sole survivor of the First Triumvirate. Caesar Caesar wants Calpurnia to bear a son because a king needs an ________. heir The most manipulative character in literature Cassius Caesar has two physical problems. What are they? hearing loss and epilepsy ____ gives the appearance of stupidity when he talks to Cassius and Brutus. Casca Act I Scene III takes place on _______. March 14 Respected Roman senator, lawyer, philosopher, politician Cicero _____ is unmoved by the storm Cicero _____ is frightened by the storm Casca Cassius sees the storm as an _____. omen Who places the letters where Brutus will find them? Cinna Act II Scene I takes place on _______. March 15 Who deposed of the last king of Rome? an ancestor of Brutus Portia's father ______ killed himself after Caesar defeated Pompey's forces b/c he would not live under a ______'s rule Cato; tyrant Who talks to Brutus about the "sickness in Rome?" Ligarius How many conspirators are there? 8 Caesar listens to _______ rather than _______ and goes to the Senate. Decius Brutus; Calpurnia _______ reads the petition naming the conspirators. Artemidorus ______ and _______ follow the philosophy of stoicism. Brutus; Portia Shakespeare portrays Caesar as both ______ and _______ before he dies admirable; boastful Caesar says he is as constant as..... the Northern Star ______ petitions against Caesar against to free his banished brother. Metellus Cimber What is the turning point of this play? Brutus lets Mark Antony give a funeral speech Caesar power will be passed on through ______ Antony ________ has been named Caesar's heir Octavius ________ is killed because he has the same name as a conspirator. Cinna the Poet When does Act IV take place? 42 BC Who is the second triumvirate? Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus Octavius is the ________ of Caesar's sister. grandson In Act IV, Scene I, the tone is ______ ominous (sinister, treacherous) Irony of situation in Act IV Scene I: Antony is showing the ambition and abuse of power that Brutus feared in Caesar ______ seems most changed by Caesar's death. Antony Where does Act IV Scene II take place? military camp near Sardis, Greece Brutus is Cassius' _____ __ ___. brother in law What is the third explosion? Argument between Brutus and Cassius _______ is an officer in Cassius army who has been punished by Brutus for taking bribes Lucius Pella Brutus then accuses _____ of taking bribes. (not Lucius Pella) Cassius Brutus shows _____ in his argument with Cassius by mastering all emotion stoicism _____ offers comic relief during the argument between Brutus and Cassius Poet __________, ________, and _____ are older and wiser citizens who speak the truth. Soothsayer, Artemidorus, Poet Brutus tells Cassius that _____ is dead. Portia Portia shows stoicism by ___________. committing suicide Letters tell that _____ of 100 senators have been put to death in Rome by the triumvirate. 70 ______ was one of the senators killed by the triumvirate. Cicero Showdown between the conspirators and the triumvirate will be at ________ Philippi, Greece Brutus wants the troops to march from _____ to _____ to meet Antony and Octavius. Sardis, Philippi ______ wants troops to wait and let Antony and Octavius find them. Cassius Brutus has _______ play him some music. Lucius _____ loves music. Brutus Brutus sees ______ ghost. Caesar's Where does Act V take place? plains of Philippi