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The treatment meted out to Cinna the poet in Julius Caesar shows

  • A. that roman soldiers despised poets generally
  • B. Shakespeare's use of mistaken identity for comic effect in the play
  • C. the misfortune of Roman poets
  • D. the spontaneous reaction of the plebians after assassination of Caesar.
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The specific case cited by Antony in his funeral oration to show that Caesar was not as ambitious as Brutus made him out to be, was that Caesar had

  • A. refused to take ransom after his victory
  • B. pardoned all his captives
  • C. thrice refused the crown during theb feast of Luperical
  • D. been a friend of the senators.
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8

Shakespeare based the story of Julius Caesar on

  • A. actual historical records
  • B. plutarch's lives
  • C. Greek mythology
  • D. John Bunyan's lives.
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'...He would be crown'd.
How that may change his nature, there's the question
It is the bright day that brings forth the adder.
And that craves wary walking...'
According to this passage, the crowning of Julius Caesar is

  • A. extremely desirable
  • B. bound to change Caesar's nature for the better
  • C. bound to promote the breeding of adders
  • D. something to be approached with great caution
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10

In Julius Caesar, one occasion when the misunderstanding of the ordinary people of Rome caused a big problem was

  • A. at the capitol when Caesar was given a crown
  • B. at the capitol when Brutus and Antony addressed the Romans
  • C. at the battlefield when Brutus attacked the army of octavius
  • D. in the streets of Rome when Cinna the poet was killed.
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