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- 1. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of Act I, Scene i how do we know that Caesar is a powerful man?He defeated Brutus in a fightHe defeated Pompey in a civil warHe beat Mark Antony in a wrestling matchHe beat Cassius across a river in a swimming contest - 2. Multiple ChoiceIn the text, a "cobbler" is...someone who bakes piessomeone who counselssomeone who repairs shoessomeone who lays the rock for roads
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho is the author of Julius Caesar?VirgilShakespeareHomerCaesar
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is happening at the opening of the play?The Romans are celebrating Caesar's demiseThe Romans are celebrating Caesar's defeat of PompeyThe Romans are holding a funeral for PompeyThe Romans are celebrating Saturnalia
- 5. Multiple ChoiceIn Act I, Scene i, why do Flavius and Murellus try to disrupt the festivities?They think the holiday profanes the Feast of LupercalThey resent the defeat and murder of PompeyThey worry that Caesar will be offended by the smell and manners of the crowdThey feel that Caesar will be embarrassed by the festival
- 6. Multiple Choice"A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with safe conscience, which is indeed, sir, a mender of bad soles."
This is an example of _______________.metaphorpunmetonymyepistrophe - 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the point of Shakespeare's use of puns in the beginning of the the play?Comic reliefTo set the tone of the playTo explain the profession of a cobblerThere was nothing funny about the puns used.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a tragic hero?A sad heroA hero who consistently makes good decisionsA hero who makes an error in judgement which leads to their down fall.A villan who is actually a hero.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a Tragedy?A sad play that can also be funny.A type of play which typically ends in death.A sad event in life.When you have 10000 spoons but all you need is a knife.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceExample: Brutus was too trusting of those around him and too easily manipulated.Tragic FlawTragic HeroTragedyTriangle
- 11. Multiple ChoiceAn aside isA long speech when a character is alone.A comment that an actor makes which is only meant to be heard by the audience.A short speech when a character is with other people.A comment that a character makes to other characters.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceA soliloquy isA comment made by one character in a play to another character.A young people term for being single.A long speech made by a character when they are around other people.A speech made by a character when they are alone.
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA play on words or joke that exploits the fact that words sound alike but have different meanings.Tragic FlawSoliloquyParadoxPun
- 14. Multiple ChoiceA character trait that leads to the character's downfall.Tragic HeroTragedyParadoxTragic Flaw
- 15. Multiple Choice"Mender of bad soles" is an example ofPunParadoxTragic FlawCouplet
- 16. Multiple ChoiceUnrhymed lines of Iambic Pentametertragedyblank versecomic reliefsoliloquy
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhen an author refers to another well-known literature, person, or historical event to add meaning to the textforeshadowingallusiontragedycouplet
- 18. Multiple Choicewhen a writer provides hints about future events in the literature writingforeshadowingtragic flawtragic herotragedy
- 19. Multiple Choicelines spoken to the audience or another character on stage that the rest of the characters pretend not to hearasidecoupletfoilmonologue
- 20. Multiple Choiceserious literature where the hero suffers misfortune or dies usually because of a personal character flaw or downfallblank versetragedymonologuecomic relief
- 21. Multiple ChoiceHumorous scene in a play meant to lighten the mood following a dark, unhappy sceneprosepuncomic relieffoil
- 22. Multiple ChoiceSituation when the audience or reader knows something that the characters in the literature/writing do not knowcomic reliefdramatic ironyfoilblank verse
- 23. Multiple Choiceline of poetry that contains 5 iambs of two syllables eachcoupletsololiquyiambic pentameteriambic hexameter
- 24. Multiple Choicecharacter who is nearly opposite of another character; often protagonist and antagonistfoil charactertragic characterround characterstatic character
- 25. Multiple Choicewhen a character struggles with right vs wrong thoughts or decisionsexternal conflictinternal conflictneither are correct
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich BEST fits this example? There is an extreme weather storm and a character is forced to live in a shelter for a week.internal conflictexternal conflictneither are correct
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich does NOT describe stage directions?gives additional information about a charactergives infomation about a item or prop a character may have or usewritten at the end of each Act and scenegives additional background information about the scene
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich BEST fits this description: work or literature writing that is to be preformed in front of an audiencedrama or playcomic reliefsoliloquypun
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich kind of character BEST fits this description: main character with a fatal character flaw that leads to demise, downfall, or even deathtragic heroopposing antogonistround characterdeveloping heroin
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