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82 Cards in this Set
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agrees to the execution of his own nephew's death
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Mark Antony
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Brutus' loyal servant
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Lucius
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Brutus' servant
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Lucius
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Brutus' wife
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Portia
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Caesar's nephew
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Octavius
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Caesar's wife
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Calpurnia
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called the "noblest Roman"
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Brutus
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convinces Brutus to join the plot
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Cassius
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Convinces Caesar to attend Senate on the Ides of March
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Decius Brutus
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First to stab Caesar
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Casca
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Joins plot because of Brutus
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ligiarius
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Roman leader before Caesar
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pompey
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Roman tribune
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Marulius
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suffers from falling sickness
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Caesar
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tries to warn Caesar
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Artemidorus
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wrote history of Julius Caesar
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plutarch
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an innocent killed by the mob
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Cinna, the poet
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the protagonist of the play
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Brutus
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the antagonist of the play
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Cassius
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Brutus admits he lacks Antony's "quick spirit".
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True
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Brutus' main motive in killing Caesar is spite for an old injury Caesar inflicted upon him.
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True
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Brutus' is better at dealing with vague ideas than with real people and situations.
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True
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Alchemy is the process of shaping gold into beautiful objects.
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True
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Brutus contends that Caesar's death is necessary to stop his ambition.
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True
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Cassius mostly opposes Caesar on political principles.
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False
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The "bathing-in-blood" scene was realistically performed on the Elizabethan stage because the audience loved gored and violence.
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False
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Antony's grief for Cesar is sincere since he speaks of it in a soliloquy by Caesar's body.
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True
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Caesar's cry "Et tu, Brute" means "Help me, Brutus".
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False
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The group that is planning the assassination is well-organized.
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False
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Cassius truly opposes tyranny.
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True
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The powerful Caesar is beginning to weaken in his physical abilities.
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True
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Casca's description of the populace shows a compassion for the common people.
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False
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Brutus cannot be deceived by false flattery.
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False
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To Caesar, men who are keen observers, have no interest in the arts and seldom smile are dangerous.
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True
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Casca declares that he met a lion in the street on the night before Caesar's assassination.
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True
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Brutus adds prestige to the conspirators cause.
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True
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Brutus convinces Cassius that Antony should be allowed to live.
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True
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The anonymous letters that Brutus receives are genuine.
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False
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Brutus never regrets the killing of Caesar
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False
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Mark Antony shows hypocrisy when he tries to deprive the Roman public of part of their legacy.
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True
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The storms before Caesar's death are omens of an unnatural act to come
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True
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Caesar's ghost appears to both Brutus and Cassius.
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False
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Brutus views the assassination as a means to protect the freedom of the citizens of Rome.
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True
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Brutus says the plotters need no oath because they already swore one.
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True
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The quarrel between Brutus and Cassius at camp Sardis demonstrates that the conspiracy is breaking down.
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True
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Caesar does not fear death because he knows that all men die.
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True
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Brutus is a loving husband.
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False
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The play appeals to Elizabethan theatre goers' belief in omens and superstition.
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True
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Cassius believes that allowing Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral is a big mistake.
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True
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Marcus Brutus is also known as Decius Brutus.
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False
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Caesar is buried in Sardis.
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False
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Caesar saved Cassius from drowning.
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True
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Antony eventually becomes obsessed with gaining power.
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True
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Caesar is arrogant.
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True
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Brutus is freed by Lucilius.
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True
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Cassius wants to wait for Antony and Octavius to bring their army to his location.
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False
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Brutus believes he gave a book he was reading to his servant.
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--
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The action occurs over a period of two years.
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--
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"The fault...is not in our stars, but in ourselves expresses Shakespeares' belief in fate.
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False
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There are nine conspirators.
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False
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Who are the members of the triumvirate after the assassination
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Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus
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Who is Portia's father?
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Cato The Younger
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Brutus adds prestige to the conspirators cause.
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Yes
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Who orders the burial of Cassius in Thasos?
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Brutus
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How does Messala die?
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--
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Whose swords take the lives of Brutus and Cassius?
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Strato
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What is the atmosphere of the first scene?
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--
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What does Caesar leave to the people of Rome in his will?
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75 drachmas, silver coins
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What number is significant in the play several times?
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23
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Who does Antony describe as a plain, blunt man?
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Himself
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"He will never follow anything that other men begin" describes which character?
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Cicero
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What is Calpurnia's affliction?
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"Jem's got the look-arounds," an affliction Calpurnia said all boys caught at his age.
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What does Antony call the conspirators?
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"honorable men"
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"Et tu Brute."
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Caesar
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"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."
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Cassius
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"Ambition should be made of sterner stuff"
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Marcus Antonius
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"Men at some time are masters of their fate."
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Cassius
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"It was Greek to me."
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Casca
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"Beware the Ides of March"
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Soothsayer
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"Friends, Romans, Countryman, lend me your ears."
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Marc Antony
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"Cowards die many times before their deaths/ The valiant never taste of death but once."
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Caesar
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"This was the noblest Roman of all.”
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Marc Antony
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