Julius Caesar

Test Review

Test Format

• Quotes (10)

• Character identification (10)

• Multiple choice, general information (25)

• Terms: anachronism, soliloquy v. monologue, aphorism

• Essay (16)

Quotes

• “But I am as constant as the northern star.”

• Julius Caesar

Quotes

• “Caesar hath not the falling-sickness; but you, and I, we have the falling-sickness.”

• Cassius

Quotes

• “What means this shouting? I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king.”

• Brutus

Quotes

• “I shall remember: / When Caesar says, ‘Do this,’ it is performed.”

• Mark Antony

Quotes

• “Caesar now be still; / I killed not thee with half so good a will.”

• Brutus

Quotes

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

• Brutus

Quotes

• “O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers.”

• Mark Antony

Quotes

• “This was the noblest Roman of them all. / All the conspirators, save only he, / Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.”

• Mark Antony

Quotes

• “And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg / Which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous / And kill him in the shell.”

• Brutus

Quotes

• “Et tu Brute? Then fall, Caesar.”

• Julius Caesar

Quotes

• “Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.”

• Julius Caesar

Quotes

• “The last of all the Romans, fare thee well. / It is impossible that ever Rome shall breed thy fellow.”

• Brutus

Quotes

• “Caesar thou art revenged, / Even with the sword that killed thee.”

• Cassius

Quotes

• “Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; / And Brutus is an honorable man.”

• Mark Antony

Quotes

• “For he can do no more than Caesar’s arm / When Caesar’s head is off.”

• Brutus

Quotes

• “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears, / I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”

• Mark Antony

Quotes

• “This was the most unkindest cut of all.”

• Mark Antony

Quotes

• “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look, / He thinks too much, such men are dangerous.”

• Julius Caesar

Quotes

• “There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”

• Brutus

Quotes

• “Men at some time are masters of their fates : / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

• Cassius

Character Identification

• Brutus’ wife

• Portia

Character Identification

• Caesar’s wife

• Calpurnia

Character Identification

• His jealousy of Caesar is clear in the stories he tells about the man.

• Cassius

Character Identification

• The first to warn Caesar

• Soothsayer

Character Identification

• He writes a letter warning Caesar.

• Artemidorus

Character Identification

• Has portentous dreams and warns Caesar

• Calpurnia

Character Identification

• Convinces Caesar to go to the senate despite ample signs that he should not.

• Decius

Character Identification

• Joins Antony and Lepidus to form the triumverate that rules in the wake of Caesar’s death.

• Octavius

Character Identification

• A sarcastic character who speaks first in prose but later in verse.

• Casca

Character Identification

• The first to stab Caesar

• Casca

Character Identification

• Cassius wanted to kill this man as well as Caesar.

• Mark Antony

Character Identification

• Manipulates Brutus into joining the conspiracy.

• Cassius

Character Identification

• Spooks Cassius when they meet outside the senate on the Ides of March.

• Popilius Lena

Character Identification

• His job is to keep Antony away during the assassination.

• Trebonius

Character Identification

• Brutus believed he was ambitious.

• Julius Caesar

Character Identification

• He remains honorable until the end of the play even though we see some hypocrisy in the idea of accepting “dirty money.”

• Brutus

Character Identification

• Antony equates this man’s value to that of his horse.

• Lepidus

Character Identification

• Antony equates this man’s value to that of his horse.

• Lepidus

Character Identification

• Stabs herself in the thigh to prove her constancy.

• Portia

Character Identification

• Tribunes who are “silenced” for their opposition to Caesar.

• Marullus and Flavius

Study Tips• Quiz yourself on the quotes at least twice. If you remember best what you

hear, ask someone to quiz you reading the quotes aloud. Though the quote portion of the test will not ask for the circumstance, trying to remember this information forces you to remember details about the plot, which may prove to be important in the multiple choice section.

• Take out your copy of the play. Go through the list of characters at the beginning. Do you know what part less memorable names play in the action? Can you group the names in some way, such as friends and enemies or those who tried to save Caesar versus those who conspired against him? Categorizing characters enhances your understanding of the part they play.

• Skim through your study guides for information you can use in an essay response. Remember that essay prompts are always asking for your opinion supported by facts from the story. There’s no wrong answer for theme, for instance, if you have substantial evidence. Other possibilities are character analysis, tragedy, and plot structure.

• Review your quizzes.