Act 1 Scene 1

• What is the name of the commoner that murellus interogates?

  Cobbler
• What is cause of Caesar’s parade?

  Defeat of pompey
• What do Flavius and Murellus do when they reach the temple at the Capitol?

  Alter Caesars Statues
• What do Flavius and Murellus do when they reach the temple at the Capitol?

  • He was a mender of "soles", a play on "souls."
  • He said he was getting work from having people walk about.
• The commoners are celebrating Caesar's victory over:

  Pompey
• What do Flavius and Murellus do at the end of Scene 1 to "pluck the feathers from the wings of Caesar"?


  They take the decorations down from Caesar's statues.
• Who is the Cobbler?

  A Shoemaker
• Who is the Carpenter?

  A Woodworker
• What position do Flavius and Marullus hold in Rome?

  Tribunes
• In the opening scene of Act 1 what are the Carpenter and Cobbler doing in the streets of Rome?

  Celebrating Caesar's military victory over Pompey
• What festival is happening right before Caesar's coronation?

  The Feast of Lupercal
• What is the tribunes' tone toward the commoners at the beginning of scene i

  Irritated
• What is Flavius and Murellus doing at the beginning of the play?

  Questioning workers on why they aren't working
• In what city is the play set?

  Rome
• What is another name for "soothsayer?"

  Fortune teller
• Why does Murellus chide commoners?

  Their fickle allegiance
• Murellus thinks that if Caesar’s support can be regulated, than ___ can be regulated too.

  Power
• Why do the tribunes rip down the banners celebrating Caesar's arrival?

  To weaken support for him
• What are the two tribunes concerned about?

  Caesar's growing power
• Of what do Marcullus and Flavius remind the crowd?

  Of their recent devotion to Pompey
• True or False: The play is set prior to the birth of Christ (B.C.)

  TRUE