Year 8

Act I, Scene ii - Honour and Ambition: Brutus and Cassius (Part 2)

Year 8

Act I, Scene ii - Honour and Ambition: Brutus and Cassius (Part 2)

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will continue to read Brutus and Cassius' interaction in Act I Scene ii, except this time we will read it in Shakespeare's original English! We will use everything we have already learned to investigate how Cassius is trying to manipulate Brutus.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which character is honourable?
Correct answer: Brutus
Caesar
Cassius
None
Q2.
Which character is ambitious ?
Brutus
Caesar
Correct answer: Cassius
None
Q3.
What does Cassius want to do to Caesar?
Correct answer: Assassinate him
Steal his money
Turn him against Brutus
Watch him become king
Q4.
Brutus says he loves honour more than he fears what?
Ambition
Correct answer: Death
Money
Power
Q5.
Which character is Cassius jealous of?
Antony
Brutus
Correct answer: Caesar
No one

5 Questions

Q1.
Cassius and Brutus are both...
Colossus
Correct answer: Senators
Soldiers
Underlings
Q2.
What does Cassius compare Caesar to?
A soldier
An underling
Correct answer: The Colossus of Rhodes
The senators
Q3.
What does Cassius use to manipulate Brutus?
Brutus' concern that Caesar is too powerful
Correct answer: Brutus' honour
The Senate
Underlings
Q4.
What does Cassius think about fate?
It caused Caesar to become powerful
Correct answer: It did not cause Caesar to become powerful
It is like the stars
It is like underlings
Q5.
Why does Cassius compare Caesar to the Colossus of Rhodes?
Because Caesar is very tall
To show Caesar can do whatever he wants
To show Caesar ignores the Senate
Correct answer: To show Caesar is very powerful