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READING SHAKESPEARE K E Y T O T H E E X E R C I S E S

William Shakespeare
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1 began 2 when 3 who 4 sacrificed A2 B5 C4 D9 E1 F6 G7 H8 I3
5 Then 6 cut 7 ran 8 which

Julius Caesar
Before you read
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Open answers 1B 2A 3A 4C 5B 6B
Before you read
Page 19 – exercise 1 Part Three
KEY TO THE EXERCISES 1B 2A 3C 4B 5A 6A Page 34 – exercise 1
1H 2I 3J 4G 5A 6F 7C 8D
Part Two
The Life of William Part One Page 34 – exercise 2
Shakespeare Page 27 – exercise 1 Sample answer:
Page 16 – exercise 1
1 Flames fell out of the sky, and a My husband and I were going to
Page 6 – exercise 1 1C 2A 3B 4B 5B 6D lion walked the streets of Rome. watch the race of the Lupercal. Before
1 Because it is St George’s Day. Page 17 – exercise 2 2 Caesar we arrived there, a dirty old
2 A grammar school where he was 3 To show him that he will kill soothsayer came up to Caesar. He
WAR: army, enemies, victory, beaten
taught Latin. himself rather than live under warned my husband that he would be
GOVERNMENT: king, citizens, tribune
3 The period after his marriage, tyranny. in great danger on the Ides of March.
SPECIAL EVENTS: feast, holiday,
about which we have no 4 Brutus was popular with the This, of course, made me scared, but
procession
information. Roman people, and one of his my husband did not seem worried.
SPORTS: athlete, race, challenged
4 He worked for a theatrical ancestors had driven the Tarquin After the races the people tried to
ROME: city, crowd, streets
company. kings from Rome. give Caesar a crown to make him king.
5 He acted. G C T J KWH E R E Y E S T E 5 He was Caesar’s friend. He refused – three times. This too
6 Thirty-eight. O S RWT C H A L L E N G E D 6 He sent him anonymous letters made me afraid because I knew that
7 Shakespeare’s theatrical company. V O B O L R G N A T H J H M P that spoke about the danger to many people hated the idea of a king
8 He died on 23 April 1616 in I O A RWH I S T R E E T S R Rome. in Rome. Then I had a terrible dream
Stratford-upon-Avon. C R C R B D F B T P E O P K O 7 Because the people of Rome would – the people of Rome washed their
T A I HMO E R U S E S A N C think that the conspirators were hands in my husband’s blood.
The Historical Julius O C T A D Y A O G N E A T C E just murderers, and Antony was Horrible! But that is not all. The
R E I C T O S L K E E B U T S nothing without Caesar. sacrifice that we ordered had
Caesar Y T Z C A H T T E N E M I E S surprising results: the animal had no
S H E DON L O P I K G B O I Page 27 – exercise 2
Page 8 – exercise 1 heart. My dream and the sacrifice
A U NN S A R E O F I T E N O 1 Cc – E 2 Cs – A 3 Cc – F were enough. Caesar decided not to
1 He had them ask for a large N L S A T T A C T K N E A B N 4 Cs – B 5 B – G 6 JC – H go to the Senate on the Ides of March,
ransom to make him look more G R Y C I T Y H O E G O T E D 7 Cc – D 8 Cs – C but Decius told my husband a
important to the Roman people. F L A C T R T K L A T V E R Y
Page 28 – exercise 3 different interpretation to my dream:
This shows his arrogance but also Y O HO L I D A Y T H E N H E it showed that Caesar was the life
his political intelligence. 1 Flames falling from the sky. A lion
blood of Rome. Happy and proud with
2 To attack Pompey. Civil war was in the streets of Rome.
Page 17 – exercise 3 this, Caesar went to the Senate to die.
the result. 2 Either that Caesar is a danger to
3 He was assassinated. Another 13 1 strong 2 people’s 3 trust Rome, or that the gods are angry Page 35 – exercise 3
years of civil war. 4 king 5 hear 6 tribunes with Rome. 1 strangely 2 different
7 frightened 8 bad 9 right 3 Open answer 3 pay attention 4 leave
4 Open answer 5 anything 6 what

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Page 35 – exercise 4 stage. Costumes were luxurious Page 49 – exercise 2 The Romans in Britain
1 he shouldn’t go 2 shouldn’t trust but always of that period. They did Open answers
3 should kill 4 shouldn’t kill not use historically accurate Page 65 – exercise 1
costumes. Page 50 – exercise 3 1B 2B 3B 4C
5 should stay 6 shouldn’t believe
1C 2A 3D 4A 5D 6D 7C 8C 9B
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3 D 1A 2B 3A 4C 5A 6B 1 wife 2 leg 3 gods 4 dream 1B 2B 3B 4B 5A 6B
2 A P P L A U D 5 blood 6 heart 7 Brutus
4➝ L N Part Four 8 king 9 accused 10 ambitious Part Six
5 R E L I G I O U S 6 11 will 12 kill
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W A E 8 P Page 49 – exercise 1 Page 71 – exercise 1

Before you read
7 C O N S P I R A C Y 9 O 1 Because it was the Ides of March Page 52 – exercise 1 Antony’s view of Brutus
U U O O S R and nothing had happened to him.
What Brutus says It is better to talk than to fight.
N R U U 10 B A T T L E
2 Because Artemidorus ordered him 1B 2C 3B 4B 5A
What Brutus does His words have no value:
11 D R E AM S R C I to read it, and ‘nobody told Caesar
Part Five he said he was Caesar’s friend
S 12 A P P R O A C H
what to do’.
and then he killed him.
G I 3 They asked for the return from
Page 58 – exercise 1 Cassius’s view of Antony
E F 14 exile of Metellus Cimber’s brother.
13 F O O L I S H 4 He was shocked. 1A 2B 3B 4A 5A What Antony says He promised friendship to
U C E 5 On the stage in plays, just like 6 A 7 B 8 A 9 A 10 A Cassius and Brutus.
15 S E V E R A L Shakespeare’s. What Antony does And then he raises an army
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R 6 He was sad, even though he against them.
16 S T O R M believed it was the right thing to 1 P I C K E D U P
do. 2 G R E A T What Pindarus What Pindarus The real
The Theatre in 7 He was sad and angry. 3 L O V E D sees assumes situation
8 Because he knew that he was 4 R E M E M B E R E D A group of men Titinius has Titinius has met
Shakespeare’s Times popular with the people and a good surrounds been captured some of Brutus’s
5 E N D E D
Page 40 – exercise 1 speaker. 6 S T U P I D Titinius. by the enemy. soldiers who are
9 He promised him that he would happy because
1 Acting was not considered a very 7 D E A T H
have revenge for his death. they have
respectable profession. 8 S U P P O R T E D
10 He said that he was ambitious and defeated part of
2 They looked like the old courtyards wanted to be king. He said that he Octavius’s army.
where travelling actors first killed Caesar for love of Rome.
performed. 11 They wanted him to be their king. Page 58 – exercise 3
3 Disease because of the large 12 He reminded them how he had
number of people gathered into a Open answers Page 71 – exercise 2
refused to be king.
small area, and fire. The Globe 13 He said Brutus was ‘an honourable Page 59 – exercise 4 1A 2B 3B 4A 5A 6A 7B
burned down. man’.
4 They were usually performed in 1 must 2 must 3 mustn’t Page 73 – exercise 3
14 He showed them his will in which 4 mustn’t 5 must 6 mustn’t
the middle of the afternoon. Caesar left them land and money. 1 The conspirators have been
5 They were played by boys. 15 They too wanted revenge against Page 59 – exercise 5 attacked by the people of Rome.
6 Stage machinery of various types the conspirators. 1 needn’t 2 mustn’t 3 mustn’t 2 The enemy has been defeated by
was used. Actors could even ‘fly’, 16 They ran away. 4 needn’t 5 mustn’t Antony.
and real explosions occurred, 3 Caesar has been killed.
which sometimes damaged the

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4 The citizen has been eaten by a
lion.
5 Caesar has been asked by
Calpurnia not to go to the Senate.
1 The Senate has made him king.
2 Artemidorus has written a letter
explaining the conspiracy.
3 The pirates have captured Caesar.
4 Brutus has stabbed Caesar.
5 The soothsayer has warned Caesar
about the Ides of March.
Before you read
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1 back 2 death 3 battle
4 son 5 afraid 6 freedom
7 soldiers 8 killed
Part Seven
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1 C/D 2 L/H 3 L/C 4 A/G
5 B/A 6 D/B 7 B/F 8 A/E
Page 78 – exercise 2
Sample answer:
I am the great Julius Caesar and, in
the end, revenge is mine!
It all began after my victory over
Pompey. The great city of Rome
welcomed me with open arms. There
were even many people who wanted
me to be king of Rome; they offered
me the crown three times and each
time I refused. Obviously, many
people hated me: they were jealous of
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my power and ability. I was warned
of my assassination by a dirty old 1 Focus on the context
soothsayer. ‘Be careful on the Ides of Answer the following questions.
March,’ he said. But I could not be
afraid: that was my weakness. So, in 1 When and where was William Shakespeare born?
the end Casca, Cassius and the other
2 Why is the date of his birth important?
dirty conspirators stabbed me to
death. Sadly, even my friend Brutus 3 What did Shakespeare do when he first went to London?
was among them. This led to war, a 4 How many plays did he write?
great civil war. But I had my revenge
– Cassius thought his armies were 5 Which famous theatre did Shakespeare’s company build in London in
losing when they were winning. I, the 1599?
ghost of Caesar, made him believe 6 What can visitors see in Stratford-upon-Avon?
that. Revenge is mine!
SCORE ......./6
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1 prisoner 2 ghost 3 Philippi
4 battle 5 brave 6 shouts 2 Focus on the story
7 ran 8 led 9 fought 10 won For questions 1-10, choose the correct answer A, B, C or D.
11 refused 12 raised 13 march
14 revenge 15 raised 16 executed 1 Why was there a magnificent procession in Rome?
17 conspiracy 18 noble 19 loved
20 defeated A To celebrate Pompey’s victory.
A5 B3 C4 D9 E7 B To celebrate Flavius and Marullus’ victory.
F 8 G 2 H 1 I 10 J 6 C To celebrate Caesar’s victory.
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D To celebrate Brutus’ victory.
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2 Why did the crowd cheer three times?
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A Because Caesar was offered the crown and refused it three
1A 2D 3B 4A 5C
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Page 82 – exercise 2 B Because Caesar was offered the crown but didn’t really
Open answers
understand why.
Page 84 – exercise 3 C Because Caesar was offered the crown and refused it twice but
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1B 2A 3B 4A 5B 6B then accepted it the third time.
7 A 8 A 9 A 10 B 11 A D Because Caesar was offered the crown but he offered it to
Brutus instead.
3 Why didn’t Calpurnia want Caesar to go to the Senate House?
A Because she wanted him to stay at home with her that day.
B Because she was worried that he was in danger.
C Because Brutus and Portia had been invited for lunch.
D Because she wasn’t feeling very well.
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4 Who stabbed Caesar first? 10 Antony knew that Brutus had killed Caesar because
A Brutus. A he was frightened of him.
B Cassius. B he wanted to become king himself.
C Artemidorus. C he loved Rome.
D D Casca. D the other conspirators had threatened to kill him instead.
5 What reason did Brutus give for killing Caesar? SCORE ......./10
A Caesar had become a traitor.
B Caesar was too ambitious. 3 Focus on the characters
C Caesar didn’t love the people of Rome. For questions 1-15, of which of the people A-F are the following
D Caesar wanted to be king. statements true?

6 What did Octavius, Antony and Lepidus plan to do? A Julius Caesar B Brutus C Cassius
A They planned to run away from Rome. D Antony E Calpurnia F Portia
B They planned to defeat Brutus and divide the Roman Empire
between them. 1 He conspired to kill Caesar because he loved Rome.
C They planned to kill all the conspirators except Brutus and 2 He remained faithful to Caesar until the end.
Cassius.
3 He saved Caesar’s life several times.
D They planned to go to war to help Brutus.
4 She was worried that Caesar was in danger.
7 What did the ghost say to Brutus?
5 He refused the crown three times.
A ‘I will return to you at Philippi’.
6 He claimed he would never live under tyranny.
B ‘You will die at Philippi’.
C ‘I will see you murdered at Philippi’. 7 He thought Caesar would be a bad king.
D ‘You will see me again – at Philippi’. 8 She told her husband they shouldn’t have secrets from each other.
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8 Why did Cassius die? 9 Her dream frightened her.
A He thought the battle was over and he preferred to die rather 10 His ghost appeared in front of Brutus.
than remain as Antony’s prisoner.
11 He left some money to every Roman citizen.
B Brutus’ men killed him by mistake.
12 He helped to make a list of the conspirators.
C He saw that Titinius was dead and killed himself.
D Pindarus was a traitor and killed him. 13 She killed herself.

9 What did Brutus ask his men to do? 14 He was convinced the battle was over and asked Pindarus to kill him.

A Kill Antony. 15 He realised that in the end, Caesar had won.

B Kill Lucilius. SCORE ......./15
C Kill him. TOTAL SCORE ......./31
D Kill Strato.

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Focus on the context – exercise 1

1 In 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.
2 It is St George’s Day and St George
is the patron saint of England.
3 He worked for a theatrical
company, the ‘Lord Chamberlain’s
Men’.
4 Thirty eight.
5 The Globe Theatre.
6 The house where Shakespeare was
born, Anne Hathaway’s cottage
and the Royal Shakespeare
Theatre.
Focus on the story – exercise 2
1C 2A 3B 4D 5D
6 B 7 D 8 A 9 C 10 C
Focus on the characters – exercise 3
1B 2D 3C 4E 5A 6C 7B 8F
9 E 10 A 11 A 12 D 13 F 14 C 15 B

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