Act II, Scene ii - Influence: Calpurnia's Dream (Part 2)

Act II, Scene ii - Influence: Calpurnia's Dream (Part 2)

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will continue to explore Act II Scene ii, but this time we will read it in Shakespeare's original English. We will also look at the concepts of 'foreshadowing' and 'dramatic irony'.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Who is Calpurnia?
A conspirator
An underling
Caesar's servant
Correct answer: Caesar's wife
Q2.
Calpurnia is...
Ambitious
Cowardly
Honourable
Correct answer: Superstitious
Q3.
Who influences Caesar?
Brutus and Cassius
Calpurnia and Brutus
Correct answer: Calpurnia and Decius
Cassius and Decius
Q4.
Who doesn't want Caesar to go to the Senate?
Antony
Brutus
Correct answer: Calpurnia
Decius
Q5.
Why does Caesar seem weak?
Because Calpurnia likes excuses
Because Decius laughs at him
Correct answer: Because he is easily influenced
Because he is superstitious

5 Questions

Q1.
What is foreshadowing?
A bad storm
Correct answer: A sign or hint of what will happen
Thunder and lightning
When the audience knows more than the characters
Q2.
What is dramatic irony?
A bad storm
A sign or hint of what will happen
Thunder and lightning
Correct answer: When the audience knows more than characters
Q3.
There is dramatic irony in Julius Caesar because...?
Caesar dies
Calpurnia doesn't want Caesar to go to the Sentate
Calpurnia had a bad dream
Correct answer: The audience knows Calpurnia is right and Caesar should not go to the Senate
Q4.
Shakespeare uses dramatic irony because...?
He wants to show how clever Calpurnia is
He wants to show how cowardly Caesar is
He wants to show how manipulative Decius is
Correct answer: It adds tension and excitement for the audience
Q5.
What foreshadowing is there in Act II, Scene ii?
A gun
Creaking floorboards
Correct answer: Thunder and lightning
Underlings

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