Julius Caesar : Act-1 : Scene(i)
1. Where does Scene 1 of Act I take place?
(a) in a street in Rome
(b) in a garden in Rome
(c) on the battlefield
(d) on the banks of the Tiber River
Correct Answer: (a) in a street in Rome
2. Who is a tribune?
(a) a nobleman
(b) a leader of people
(c) a magistrate with legal powers
(d) a manual worker
Correct Answer : (b) a leader of people
3. The two tribunes were followers of
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Pompey
(c) Calpurnia
(d) the common people
Correct Answer : (b) Pompey
4. Who is referred to as 'idle creatures'?
(a) the ordinary citizens of Rome
(b) the citizens of Munda
(c) people of the upper classes of Rome
(d) the statues of Caesar
Correct Answer : (a) the ordinary citizens of Rome
5. An example of the literary device 'alliteration' is when Flavius tells the citizens:
(a) So you do too, where you perceive them thick.
(b) Hence! Home you idle creatures get you home.
(c) Why dost thou lead these men about the street?
(d) ...and keep us in servile fearfulness.
Correct Answer : (b) Hence! Home you idle creatures get you home.
6. Why are they called 'idle creatures'?
(a) they are sitting without moving
(b) they are punning on 'idol' and 'idle'
(c) they should be working and not wasting time
(d) they are rejoicing
Correct Answer : (c) they should be working and not wasting time
7. What does 'being mechanical' mean?
, (a) without feelings
(b) ordinary manual workers
(c) traders
(d) citizens belonging to the upper classes
Correct Answer : (b) ordinary manual workers
8. Who is the second citizen?
(a) carpenter
(b) cobbler
(c) soldier
(d) artist
Correct Answer : (b) cobbler
9. One example of punning is when the cobbler tells Marullus
(a) in respect of
(b) I can mend you
(c) why, sir, a carpenter
(d) nay, I beseech you
Correct Answer : (b) I can mend you
10. The Second Citizen tells Flavius that they have taken a holiday to
(a) walk about in the beautiful parks made by Caesar
(b) meet friends and passers-by
(c) see Caesar pass by on his chariot and to rejoice at his victory
(d) stone Caesar when his chariot passes by
Correct Answer : (c) see Caesar pass by on his chariot and to rejoice at his victory
11. Why does Marullus scold the citizens?
(a) they are crowding the streets
(b) he is angry and bitter to see that Pompey has been forgotten
(c) he fears that they will do no work that day
(d) he has to keep an eye on them all the time
Correct Answer : (b) he is angry and bitter to see that Pompey has been forgotten
12. What does 'captive bonds his chariot wheels' refer to?
(a) the chariot wheels
(b) people out there rejoicing
(c) citizens running after the chariot
(d) the captured princes tied to the chariot wheels of Caesar
Correct Answer : (d) the captured princes tied to the chariot wheels of Caesar
13. Julius Caesar is returning to Rome after having defeated
(a) a foreign army
(b) invaders of Rome
(c) the sons of his old rival, Pompey (Pompey's blood)
1. Where does Scene 1 of Act I take place?
(a) in a street in Rome
(b) in a garden in Rome
(c) on the battlefield
(d) on the banks of the Tiber River
Correct Answer: (a) in a street in Rome
2. Who is a tribune?
(a) a nobleman
(b) a leader of people
(c) a magistrate with legal powers
(d) a manual worker
Correct Answer : (b) a leader of people
3. The two tribunes were followers of
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Pompey
(c) Calpurnia
(d) the common people
Correct Answer : (b) Pompey
4. Who is referred to as 'idle creatures'?
(a) the ordinary citizens of Rome
(b) the citizens of Munda
(c) people of the upper classes of Rome
(d) the statues of Caesar
Correct Answer : (a) the ordinary citizens of Rome
5. An example of the literary device 'alliteration' is when Flavius tells the citizens:
(a) So you do too, where you perceive them thick.
(b) Hence! Home you idle creatures get you home.
(c) Why dost thou lead these men about the street?
(d) ...and keep us in servile fearfulness.
Correct Answer : (b) Hence! Home you idle creatures get you home.
6. Why are they called 'idle creatures'?
(a) they are sitting without moving
(b) they are punning on 'idol' and 'idle'
(c) they should be working and not wasting time
(d) they are rejoicing
Correct Answer : (c) they should be working and not wasting time
7. What does 'being mechanical' mean?
, (a) without feelings
(b) ordinary manual workers
(c) traders
(d) citizens belonging to the upper classes
Correct Answer : (b) ordinary manual workers
8. Who is the second citizen?
(a) carpenter
(b) cobbler
(c) soldier
(d) artist
Correct Answer : (b) cobbler
9. One example of punning is when the cobbler tells Marullus
(a) in respect of
(b) I can mend you
(c) why, sir, a carpenter
(d) nay, I beseech you
Correct Answer : (b) I can mend you
10. The Second Citizen tells Flavius that they have taken a holiday to
(a) walk about in the beautiful parks made by Caesar
(b) meet friends and passers-by
(c) see Caesar pass by on his chariot and to rejoice at his victory
(d) stone Caesar when his chariot passes by
Correct Answer : (c) see Caesar pass by on his chariot and to rejoice at his victory
11. Why does Marullus scold the citizens?
(a) they are crowding the streets
(b) he is angry and bitter to see that Pompey has been forgotten
(c) he fears that they will do no work that day
(d) he has to keep an eye on them all the time
Correct Answer : (b) he is angry and bitter to see that Pompey has been forgotten
12. What does 'captive bonds his chariot wheels' refer to?
(a) the chariot wheels
(b) people out there rejoicing
(c) citizens running after the chariot
(d) the captured princes tied to the chariot wheels of Caesar
Correct Answer : (d) the captured princes tied to the chariot wheels of Caesar
13. Julius Caesar is returning to Rome after having defeated
(a) a foreign army
(b) invaders of Rome
(c) the sons of his old rival, Pompey (Pompey's blood)
