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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 3: Drawing Conclusions Answers

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Which sentence contains the strongest example of imagery?

A
It was a cold and windy night.
B
The sky was dark and empty.
C
Stars shimmered in the sky like a sea of tiny candles.
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I felt very alone as I looked out at the night and shivered.
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Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 2.CALPURNIA. When beggars die there are no comets seen;The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.

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war
B
glory
C
evil
D
faith
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Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1.[FLAVIUS.] Go you down that way towards the Capitol; This way will I. Disrobe the images, If you do find them decked with ceremonies.MARULLUS. May we do so?65 You know it is the feast of Lupercal.FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no images Be hung with Caesar’s trophies. I’ll about, And drive away the vulgar from the streets: So do you too, where you perceive them thick.70 These growing feathers plucked from Caesar’s wing Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, Who else would soar above the view of men, And keep us all in servile fearfulness. [Exeunt]

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It emphasizes Flavius’s determination.
B
It introduces opposition to Caesar.
C
It illustrates what Rome looks like.
D
It compares Caesar to a bird.
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What are the purposes of the imagery in this excerpt? Select three options.

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to emphasize how dangerously packed the streets are
B
to indicate that the soothsayer is a fraud
C
to show that the soothsayer will send the people home
D
to help the reader picture the excitement in the crowd that follows Caesar
E
to demonstrate how determined the soothsayer is to deliver his message to Caesar
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What is imagery in a play?

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a figure of speech that makes a comparison between two different things
B
a literary device that uses vivid language that appeals to the senses
C
a figure of speech in which objects, such as trees, have human attributes
D
the mood the author creates through their word choice
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Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 4.PORTIA. I prithee, boy, run to the Senate House; Stay not to answer me, but get thee gone.— Why dost thou stay?LUCIUS. To know my errand, madam.PORTIA. I would have had thee there and here again5 Ere I can tell thee what thou shouldst do there. [Aside] O constancy, be strong upon my side; Set a huge mountain 'tween my heart and tongue. I have a man’s mind, but a woman’s might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel!10 [To LUCIUS] Art thou here yet?LUCIUS. Madam, what should I do? Run to the Capitol, and nothing else? And so return to you, and nothing else?PORTIA. Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well, For he went sickly forth; and take good note15 What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him. Hark, boy, what noise is that?LUCIUS. I hear none, madam.

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Portia wants to take action, but she cannot.
B
Portia is still ignorant about Brutus’s plans.
C
Portia is a spy for Caesar and his followers.
D
Portia wishes that she werea young girl again.
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Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 1.BRUTUS Give me your hands all over, one by one.CASSIUS And let us swear our resolution.BRUTUS No, not an oath. If not the face of men, The sufferance of our souls, the time’s abuse—120 If these be motives weak, break off betimes, And every man hence to his idle bed. So let high-sighted tyranny range on Till each man drop by lottery. But if these— As I am sure they do—bear fire enough125 To kindle cowards and to steel with valor The melting spirits of women, then, countrymen, What need we any spur but our own cause To prick us to redress? What other bond Than secret Romans that have spoke the word130 And will not palter? And what other oath Than honesty to honesty engaged, That this shall be, or we will fall for it? Swear priests and cowards and men cautelous, Old feeble carrions and such suffering souls135 That welcome wrongs. Unto bad causes swear Such creatures as men doubt. But do not stain The even virtue of our enterprise, Nor th' insuppressive mettle of our spirits, To think that or our cause or our performance140 Did need an oath, when every drop of blood That every Roman bears—and nobly bears— Is guilty of a several bastardy If he do break the smallest particle Of any promise that hath passed from him.145

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It gives Brutus and the others an excuse to drop the plan.
B
It shows that Brutus and the others are afraid.
C
It illustrates Brutus’s resolve and commitment.
D
It exemplifies Brutus’s mistrust of the other men.
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Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1.[FLAVIUS.] See whether their basest mettle be not moved.60 They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness. Go you down that way towards the Capitol; This way will I. Disrobe the images, If you do find them decked with ceremonies.MARULLUS. May we do so?65 You know it is the feast of Lupercal.FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no images Be hung with Caesar’s trophies. I’ll about, And drive away the vulgar from the streets: So do you too, where you perceive them thick.

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Caesar will soon gain more power and trophies.
B
Caesar will soon be stripped of his position of power.
C
Caesar’s selfishness will make the commoners turn against him.
D
Caesar dislikes any outward show of gratitude or praise from the Roman people.
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Which quotations from this excerpt are examples of imagery? Select three options.

A
“Caesar, I never stood on ceremonies.”
B
“And graves have yawned, and yielded up their dead.”
C
“Fierce fiery warriors fight upon the clouds.”
D
“The noise of battle hurtled in the air.”
E
“O Caesar, these things are beyond all use.”
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Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.BRUTUS. Ay, Casca. Tell us what hath chanced today, That Caesar looks so sad.225CASCA. Why, you were with him, were you not?BRUTUS. I should not then ask Casca what had chanced.CASCA. Why, there was a crown offered him: and being offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand, thus; and then the people fell a-shouting.230

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a position of power
B
the will to live
C
dishonor to the country
D
overcoming his illness
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Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 1.PORTIA. If this were true, then should I know this secret. I grant I am a woman, but withal A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife.300 I grant I am a woman, but withal A woman well reputed, Cato’s daughter.Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded? Tell me your counsels; I will not disclose 'em.305 I have made strong proof of my constancy, Giving myself a voluntary woundHere in the thigh. Can I bear that with patience, And not my husband’s secrets?BRUTUS. O ye gods,310 Render me worthy of this noble wife![Knocking within]Hark, hark, one knocks. Portia, go in a while, And by and by thy bosom shall partake The secrets of my heart.315 All my engagements I will construe to thee, All the charactery of my sad brows. Leave me with haste.

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"If this were true, then should I know this secret. / I grant I am a woman, but withal / A woman that Lord Brutus took to wife."
B
"I have made strong proof of my constancy, / Giving myself a voluntary wound / Here in the thigh. Can I bear that with patience, / And not my husband’s secrets?"
C
"Hark, hark, one knocks. Portia, go in a while,”
D
"And by and by thy bosom shall partake / The secrets of my heart."
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Which examples from the passage pair a symbol with its reference in the passage? Select two options.

A
“the heavens themselves blaze forth” refers to the lightning storm
B
“world” symbolizes Calpurnia’s dreams
C
“death of princes” symbolize the death of Caesar
D
“mighty gods” symbolize Caesar
E
“the valiant” refers to beggars
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What is symbolism in a play?

A
a figure of speech in which things, such as animals, have human attributes
B
a literary device that uses vivid language that appeals to the senses
C
a figure of speech that repeats a consonant sound for effect
D
a literary device that uses something simple or insignificant to represent a much bigger idea
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Which senses does this excerpt appeal to? Select three options.

A
sight: "swooned and fell down"
B
sound: "the rabblement hooted"
C
touch: "chapped hands"
D
smell: "I can as well be hanged"
E
taste: "I durst not laugh"
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Which quotations from this excerpt are examples of imagery? Select two options.

A
“But indeed, sir, we make holiday / to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph.”
B
“Have you not made an universal shout, / That Tiber trembled underneath her banks”
C
“…weep your tears / Into the channel, till the lowest stream / Do kiss the most exalted shores of all.”
D
“And do you now strew flowers in his way, / That comes in triumph over Pompey’s blood?”
E
“Go, go, good countrymen, and, for this fault / Assemble all the poor men of your sort”

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