Q 01/05

Which date does a soothsayer twice warn the dictator to beware in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

A) The calends of May

B) The ides of March

C) The nones of July

D) The feast of Saturn

Answer · why

B) The ides of March

The ides of March is simply the 15th in the Roman calendar. When the day arrives he taunts the soothsayer that it has come, and gets the reply: 'Ay, C...

Q 02/05

Which Latin words does the dying dictator speak to a trusted friend in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar?

A) Veni, vidi, vici

B) Alea iacta est

C) Et tu, Brute

D) Sic semper tyrannis

Answer · why

C) Et tu, Brute

Et tu, Brute, meaning 'You too, Brutus?', comes just before his last line, 'Then fall, Caesar.' Ancient biographers reported that the real man died sa...

Q 03/05

Mark Antony begins his funeral speech in Julius Caesar by asking the crowd to lend him what?

A) Their ears

B) Their voices

C) Their swords

D) Their patience

Answer · why

A) Their ears

Their ears are what he asks for in 'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears', a line that runs straight on to his claim that he comes to bury C...

Q 04/05

In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Cassius tells Brutus the fault that they are underlings lies not in what?

A) Our gods

B) Our fathers

C) Our blood

D) Our stars

Answer · why

D) Our stars

Our stars are not to blame, Cassius argues, but ourselves: 'Men at some time are masters of their fates.' He is working on Brutus to stop accepting on...

Q 05/05

Which kind of look does the dictator in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar say makes Cassius a dangerous man?

A) Cold and proud

B) Lean and hungry

C) Pale and sleepless

D) Dark and brooding

Answer · why

B) Lean and hungry

Lean and hungry is how Cassius looks to him, a man who 'thinks too much'. He would rather be surrounded by fat, sleek-headed men who sleep soundly at ...