Julius Caesar Act 3 Quiz and Answer Key

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with Shakespeare’s drama. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Caesar’s decision involving Artemidorus’s letter
• Why Cassius fears the conspiracy has fallen apart before Caesar speaks
• Cassius’s extreme reaction to his fear
• Brutus’s motivation for kissing Caesar’s hand
• Caesar’s self image
• Brutus’s motivation for having Antony brought to him
• Antony’s apology to Caesar’s corpse
• Antony’s ominous prediction for the region
• The basis on which Brutus asks the public to trust him
• How Antony manipulates the public into distrusting Brutus
• The reading of Caesar’s will