Julius Caesar Jeopardy

Who Said That?

Potpourri Literary Terms Plot Characters

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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from “Who Said That?”

“This was the noblest Roman of them all./ All the conspirators save only he/

Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.”

$100 Answer from “Who Said That?”

Who is Mark Antony?

(For $25 more, to whom was Antony referring?)

$200 Question from “Who Said That?”

“…Think of him as a serpent’s egg,/Which, hatched, would as

his kind grow mischievous,/ And kill him in the shell.”

$200 Answer from “Who Said That?”

Who is Brutus?

(For $25 more, of whom was he

speaking?)

$300 Question “Who Said That?”

“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;/ He thinks too much,

such men are dangerous.”

$300 Answer from “Who Said That?”

Who is Caesar?

$25 Bonus: to whom was Caesar speaking?

$400 Question from “Who Said That?”

“Our course will seem to bloody, Caius Cassius,/ To cut the head off and then hack the limbs…/ For Antony is but a

limb of Caesar.”

$400 Answer from “Who Said That?”

Who is Brutus?

$25 Bonus: What are they talking about?

$500 Question from “Who Said That?”

“Ye gods! It doth amaze me/ A man of such a feeble temper should/ So get the

start of the majestic world/ And bear the palm alone.”

$500 Answer from “Who Said That?”

Who is Cassius?

$50 Bonus: To whom does he speak, and about whom

does he speak?

$100 Question from Potpourri

Portia reminds Brutus of her loyalty with this bloody

act.

$100 Answer from Potpourri

What is “stabbing herself with a dagger?

$200 Question from Potpourri

A fancy way of saying, “the 15th of March.”

$200 Answer Potpourri

What are the “ides” of March?

$300 Question from Potpourri

What takes place during the Feast of Lupercal that

causes Caesar and the rest to return looking

sad/angry?

$300 Answer from Potpourri

He is offered the crown 3 times, and each time he refuses it; he also

suffers from a seizure

$400 Question from Potpourri

What things does Cassius tell Brutus to prove that Caesar is

just an ordinary man?

$400 Answer from Potpourri

He tells Brutus about pulling Caesar out of the river, and that he has the “falling sickness”

$500 Question from Potpourri

Calpurnia beseeches Caesar to stay away from the Senate;

how does Decius convince him to go? (Provide at least

TWO ways)

$500 Answer from PotpourriHe reinterprets Calpurnia’s

dream, he tells him they were going to crown him,

but won’t like him listening to his wife, and he doesn’t

want to seem afraid

$100 Question from Lit. Terms

This term describes a remark spoken in an undertone by one character either to the audience or to another character, which

the remaining characters supposedly do not hear

$100 Answer from Lit. Terms

What is “aside?”

$200 Question from Lit. Terms

This term describes a question that requires no

answer because the answer is obvious

$200 Answer from Lit. Terms

What is a rhetorical question?

$300 Literary Terms

Alone with Caesar’s body, Mark Antony speaks his private

thoughts aloud--a classic example of THIS

dramatic convention

$300 Answer for Lit. Terms

What is a soliloquy?

$400 Question for Lit. Terms

Identify the rhetorical device Brutus uses in the

following speech:

$400 Answer for Lit. Terms

What is parallelism?

$500 Question for Lit. Terms

Note the iambic pentameter in the following couplet:

“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look./ He thinks too

much, such men are dangerous.”

$500 Answer for Lit. Terms

“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look./ He thinks too

much, such men are dangerous”

$100 Question from PLOT

How does Brutus respond upon learning of his wife’s

demise?

$100 Answer from Plot

He is stoic, and shows little emotion

$200 Question from PLOT

Caesar’s last words

$200 Answer from PLOT

What are, “Et Tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar!”

$300 Question from PLOT

Caesar falls at the base of this statue.

$300 Answer from PLOT

What is Pompey?

$25 Bonus: Why is this significant?

$400 Question from PLOT

After shaking hands with the conspirators,

Antony asks two things of them; what are they?

$400 Answer from PLOT

He asks them to explain why they felt Caesar

needed to be assassinated, and if he

could speak at the funeral

$500 Question from PLOT

Many portents warn of danger before Caesar’s death. List any three of

them.

$500 Answer from PLOTWhat are: •The soothsayer’s warning•Calpurnia’s bad dream•The beast w/ no heart•The terrible storm•Strange events

$100 Question from Characters

The ultimate “frenemy,” this character uses his keen sense

of observation to bend potential conspirators to his

will.

$100 Answer from Characters

Who is Cassius?

$200 Question from Characters

This poet’s unfortunate first name results in his demise at the hands of an angry

mob

$200 Answer from Characters

Who is Cinna (the poet)?

$300 Question from Characters

Suicide is a dark theme in the play. Name three characters who take their own lives.

$300 Answer from Characters

Who are Brutus, Portia, and Cassius?

$400 Question from Characters

This character technically doesn’t appear in the fifth act, but his presence is felt

by many

$400 Answer from Characters

Who is Caesar?

$500 Question from Characters

This character is arguably the “tragic hero” of the play.

$500 Answer from Characters

Who is Brutus?

Final JeopardyThe category is “Rhetorical

Devices.”Write down your wager and await

the question.

Final JeopardySee Brutus & Antony’s speeches on pg. 750. Identify the following in either: •rhetorical question, •parallelism, •repetition, •verbal irony •iambic pentameter.