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ACT II
Julius Caesar Study Guide
Julius Caesar Vocabulary Directions:
1) Find each term in the play (they are in order). Read the sentence from the play that uses the word.
2) Make a prediction about what that word means and write a synonym or synonym phrase in the box by the term.
3) Then look up the actual definition of the word as it is used in the sentence and record the definition in the box. Some
words may be defined in the margins of the play so be on the lookout for them.
4) Lastly, create an illustration that represents what that word means.
Term
1. Taper
2. Spurn
3. Craves
4. Remorse
5. Redress
6. Phantasma
7. Palter
8. Gravity
9. Ingrafted (Engrafted)
10. Whelped
Synonym Prediction
Actual Definition
Illustration
11. Ague
12. Contrive
13. Void
14. *Aside
*look in the margin
II. Content Questions: Answer the following questions.
Scene 1:
15. According to Brutus, why is it is necessary that Caesar be killed?
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16. What does Brutus compare Caesar to (uses an analogy)?
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17. What is Brutus’s internal conflict?
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18. Why does Brutus disagree about taking an oath?
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19. Why does Metellus think it would be a good idea to ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?
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20. Why does Brutus say they should not ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?
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21. What does Brutus say about killing Marc Antony?
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22. What reason does Cassius give for why Caesar might not come out of his house today?
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23. By what method does Decius say he will use to get Caesar out of the house?
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24. Why is Portia, Brutus’s wife, worried about Brutus?
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25. What does she do or say that convinces Brutus to confide in her?
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Scene 2:
26. What do the priests discover when they make their sacrifice?
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27. Describe Calpurnia’s dream.
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28. How does Decius reinterpret Calpurnia’s dream?
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29. What are two reasons Decius uses to change Caesar’s mind about going to the Capitol?
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Scene 3:
30. What does Artemidorus, a teacher of rhetoric, plan to do?
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31. Make an inference. How does Artemidorus know about the conspiracy?
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Scene 4:
32. Why is Portia so nervous?
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33. What does Portia want Lucius to do?
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34. Why is Lucius confused by Portia’s directions? Why is she being so vague?
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35.What does the soothsayer tell Portia?
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