http://www.quia.com/quiz/2365214.html
Use the link above in order to review for the unit test. Some of the questions are the same. This test is difficult, but it offers you the chance to look at missed questions at the end. Take your time and review.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Reading Strategies
What reading strategy did you find the most useful? Explain why.
- Independent Reading with Study Guide Questions?
- Independent Reading with Translation Practice?
- Class Reading with Study Guide Questions?
- Small Group Reading with Study Guide Questions?
Ambition's Ladder: Metaphoric Language Act II
Please explain what Brutus means in the quote below? Do you have any personal experience that relates to this quote?
"lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber upward turns his face.
But when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,"--Brutus
"lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber upward turns his face.
But when he once attains the upmost round,
He then unto the ladder turns his back,"--Brutus
Cassius' Offer to Brutus: Act I
Using the quote below, what is Cassius offering to Brutus?
"Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear: And since you know you cannot see yourself So well as by reflection, I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which you yet know not of."
He says that he will do this "modestly". However, Cassius does many things (some extreme) in order to sway Brutus. What is his plan to get Brutus to join the conspiracy? What story does he tell to Brutus about Caesar to make him appear weak? What are some qualities Cassius points out to Brutus?
"Therefore, good Brutus, be prepared to hear: And since you know you cannot see yourself So well as by reflection, I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which you yet know not of."
He says that he will do this "modestly". However, Cassius does many things (some extreme) in order to sway Brutus. What is his plan to get Brutus to join the conspiracy? What story does he tell to Brutus about Caesar to make him appear weak? What are some qualities Cassius points out to Brutus?
Locating Irony in Quote Analysis: Act III
Caesar speaks the lines below right before he is stabbed by Casca:
"I could be well moved, if I were as you:
If I could pray to move, prayers would move me:
But I am constant as the northern star,
Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.
The skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks,
They are all fire and every one doth shine,
But there's but one in all doth hold his place..."
Please explain how this quote is ironic. What does Caesar compare himself to? How does he view others?
"I could be well moved, if I were as you:
If I could pray to move, prayers would move me:
But I am constant as the northern star,
Of whose true-fix'd and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament.
The skies are painted with unnumber'd sparks,
They are all fire and every one doth shine,
But there's but one in all doth hold his place..."
Please explain how this quote is ironic. What does Caesar compare himself to? How does he view others?
Julius Caesar Act V Review
Act V is the resolution of the play. Why is it significant that William Shakespeare ends the play with Octavius speaking? What are your final comments regarding the play's conclusion? Did the characters listed below get what they "deserved"?
- Caesar
- Brutus
- Cassius
- Antony
- Octavius
- Portia
Julius Caesar Act IV Review
Act IV is the falling action where there are definite "winners" and "losers". Who in the play has won? Who has lost? What term is used to refer to the men that are now leading Rome? Are these men more deserving than Caesar?
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