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Julius Caesar Act I Study Guide Questions<br />
Directions: After reading the act, supply a complete answer to the following questions.<br />
1. How do the common people (the carpenter and cobbler) feel about Caesar?<br />
2. How do the noble men Marullus and Flavius feel about Caesar?<br />
Name __________________<br />
3. The noble men can’t believe the commoners have so quickly forgotten about the previous great leader<br />
who Caesar defeated in battle. Who was he?<br />
4. What do Marullus and Flavius plan to do with Caesar’s statues? Why?<br />
5. What two events are the people celebrating on this day?<br />
6. What is the date (month, day, and year) of this first scene of the play?<br />
7. In scene ii, the superstitious side of the people is shown when Caesar asks his wife Calpurnia to stand<br />
so that Marc Antony can touch her when he runs by. Why does he ask her to do this?<br />
8. There is foreshadowing in this scene. Who warns Caesar? __________________________ What does<br />
he say? ________________________________________________________ What does this mean?<br />
9. How does Caesar react to this warning?<br />
10. In line 46 of scene ii, Brutus says he is at war with himself. This is the main conflict of Act I. What is<br />
Brutus struggling with in his mind?<br />
11. In the early part of scene ii, Cassius attempts to get Brutus to join the conspiracy against Caesar. Why<br />
doesn’t Cassius just ask Brutus directly?<br />
12. How does Cassius say he saved Caesar’s life?<br />
Feast of Lupercal Foot Race<br />
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