Julius Caesar Act 1 Study Guide Questions And Correct Answers

What does the weather tell you about the disposition of the gods (according to the people of that time period) {Ans: That the gods are very angry with the people of Rome}Flavius and Marullus {Ans: two Tribunes}Calpurnia {Ans: Caesar's wife}Lives of the Nobles Grecians and Romans by Plutarch {Ans: Shakespeare's source}In his soliloquy, Cassius says, "Caesar doth bear me hard, but he loves Brutus." What does this mean? {Ans: Caesar does not like Cassius, but Caesar likes Brutus. Cassius wants Brutus with him to make the assassination look legitimate.}Act V {Ans: Resolution or denouement (conclusion; unraveling of the plot; catastrophe of the hero's and other's deaths; climax -- emotional peak -- right before the denouement)}why Brutus thinks Caesar shouldn't be ruler of Rome {Ans: He will grow too power-hungry very quickly.}What is Caesar's response to the fortune teller's warning? {Ans: "He is a dreamer..let us leave him."}Shakespeare's birthplace {Ans: Stratford-Upon-Avon in England}plebians {Ans: commoners of Rome}February 15, 44 B.C. {Ans: date that the play opens (Feast of Lupercal)}With whom is Brutus upset and why? {Ans: He is at war with himself.}The theatre in which most of Shakespeare's plays