JULIUS CAESAR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is the setting of Julius Caesar? What holiday is being celebrated? - Answer-- February 15, 44 B.C. Rome - Lupercal Who are Marullus and Flavius? - Answer-Government officials who were supporters of Pompey Why do Marullus and Flavius want to drive the commoners from the street? - Answer-They do not think Caesar should be celebrated with Pompey's death What else do Marullus and Flavius do to further hinder the celebration of Caesar's victory? - Answer-They order to take off and strip the statues of decorations of Caesar What does Caesar tell Antony to do to Calpurnia? - Answer-To touch Calpurnia so she could have children. What is a soothsayer? Of what does he warn Caesar? - Answer-- A fortuneteller - to "beware the ides of March" What does ides mean? - Answer-Middle day of the month Does Marcus Brutus like Caesar? - Answer-Yes, he loves him. What does Brutus think of Caesar's rise to power? - Answer-He's worried how it will change him Brutus says, "For let the gods so speed me as I love / The name of honor more than I fear death." What do these lines imply about Brutus's most important value in life? - Answer-- They imply that to Brutus, honor is what represents him - To lose honor is more fearful than dying. What story does Cassius tell Brutus? - Answer-About how he rescued Caesar from drowning and his witnessing of his epilepsy. What is Cassius' point in telling this story? - Answer-To tell that Caesar is imperfect; not a God What is Caesar's opinion of Cassius? Why does he feel this way? - Answer-- He thinks he is dangerous and suspicious as he thinks too much. - Caesar is powerhungry, so everything he sees Cassius does seems manipulative and threatening to that How many times was Caesar offered a coronet, or a small crown? - Answer-3 What was Caesar's reaction to the offering, according to Casca? - Answer-He was refusing it; Casca saw it as trying to be humble.