Julius Caesar Jeopardy

Charac.Charac. QuotesQuotes EventsEvents AnalysisAnalysis Misc. Misc.

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Characters 100•Leader of Rome

•Was slain in the Senate

•Considered arrogant

Characters 100

•Caesar!

Characters 200• Has the ability to “read”

people• Leader of the Conspirators• Envious of Caesar• Forged letters and put in

Brutus’ house

Characters 200

•Cassius!

Characters 300•Most easily manipulated Senator

•Stabbed Caesar first

Character 300

•Casca!

Characters 400•Becomes the leader of the conspirators

•Was referred to as the “most noblest Roman of them all”

Characters 400

•Brutus!

Characters 500•Caesar’s most trusted friend

•Turned crowd against conspirators

Characters 500

•Marc Antony!

Quotes 100•Who said… “Friends, Romans countrymen, lend me your ears.”

Quotes 100

•Mark Antony!

Quotes 200• Who said… “The Ides of March have

come.”

Quotes 200

•Caesar!

Quotes 300• Who said…

“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”

Quotes 300

•Brutus!

Quotes 400• Who said…

“You all did love him once, not without cause. What cause withholds you then to mourn for him? .”

Quotes 400

•Antony!

Quotes 500• Who said… “Know you how the

people may be moved by that which he will utter?”

Quotes 500

•Cassius!

Events 100•Who tells Brutus that he will see him again at Philippi?

Events 100

•Caesar’s Ghost.

Event 200•After Antony’s speech the crowd attacks and kills who?

–* FULL NAME/TITLE

Events 200

•Cinna the Poet

Event 300•What is Cassius’ plan to convince Brutus to join the conspirators?

Events 300• He writes letters in different handwriting,

pretending to be different Roman citizens. The letters talk about how great Brutus is and touch on fears of Caesar for king. The letters are then left at Brutus’s house for him to find. Very sneaky….

Event 400•Why does Antony send a servant to Brutus after the assassination?

• DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Events 400

• He sends a servant to see if he may come and talk to the conspirators.

Event 500•What does Antony ask of the conspirators?–1. Right after the murder

–2. Pertaining to the funeral

Events 500• 1. If they can give him reasons

why Caesar had to be killed.

• 2. To have Caesar’s body and to speak at Caesar’s funeral.

Analysis 200• What was Antony’s true reason for giving the speech at Caesar’s funeral and give one way he swayed the crowd?

Analysis 200• He wanted to turn the people

of Rome against the conspirators.

• Showed the body, mentioned the will, cried, repeated “honorable men” phrase

Analysis 400

•What is the main the difference between Antony and Brutus’ funeral speeches?

Analysis 400• Antony’s = emotional

(pathos)

• Brutus = more formal (ethos)

Analysis 600• Why do the conspirators bathe their hands in Caesar’s blood and what does this action foreshadow?

Analysis 600• They bathe their hands so that it

resembles a “sacrifice”– really just makes them look like butchers.

• It foreshadows that the conspirators will be looked upon as murders and also their eventual downfalls and deaths

Analysis 800•What is Calpurnia’s dream of Caesar and how does it effect the play?

Analysis 800• Calpurnia dreams Caesar’s statue

is full of holes and spouting blood. She sees Romans bathing in it.

• Her dream foreshadows Caesar’s death and destruction.

Analysis 1000•What are Caesar’s dying words? Why are they important to the play?

Analysis 1000• “Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar.”

• It is important because it shows an act of betrayal and also serves as a turning point of the play. The success of the conspiracy lies in the people trusting Brutus (because of his character) and Antony will use that against the conspirators.

Misc. 200•In the beginning of the play Brutus is at war with himself, why?

Misc. 200

• Brutus is at war with himself because he does not think Caesar should be king, but he has no proof to that effect.

Misc. 400• Why does Antony describe

Brutus’s stab wound as, “the most unkindest cut of all”?–***100 extra points if you can tell me

why this quote is grammatically incorrect***

Misc. 400• Because he was Caesar’s trusted

friend and never expected him to turn against him.

• It is a double superlative: MOST and unkindEST only one is needed.

Misc. 600•What is the final fate of Cassius and Brutus? What is their reasoning?

Misc. 600• They commit suicide.

• They know Antony will win the battle and do not want to return to Rome as captives.

Misc. 800•What are Brutus’ 3 conditions for letting Antony speak at Caesar’s funeral?

Misc. 800• 1. That Brutus speaks first.

• 2. That Antony can only say good things about Caesar.

• 3. That Antony cannot say anything against the conspirators.

Misc. 1000•Who convinces Caesar to go to the Senate, and how?

Misc. 1000• Decius

• He reinterprets Calpurnia’s dream, saying it was a positive omen.

DAILY DOUBLE!!!•Finish this quote…

“ The evil men do lives after them…”?

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

• “…the good is oft interred with their bones”