How did Caesar become the sole ruler of Rome?

Caesar defeated Pompey with a small army.

thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone

when the audience knows something that the character doesn't

a "unstressed" syllable followed by a "stressed" syllable

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Julius Caesar, Elements of Drama, and Shakespeare's Lauguage and Style

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A short history of Julius Caesar with the elements of drama and including Shakespeare's language and style of writing.

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How did Caesar become the sole ruler of Rome?
Caesar continued to grow in popularity.
Caesar conquered the Middle East and made himself ruler.
Caesar punched some people and declared himself the ruler.
Caesar defeated Pompey with a small army.
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It's believed that Caesar is a direct descendant of a Trojan prince. Which is the prince?
Agathon
Harry
Phillip
Aeneas
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a figure of speech in which a word or phase is replaced by another, indicating similarities
simile
metaphor
pun
imagery
4
Tragedy
a division of an act
a serious work of drama
conversation between to or more characters
a humerous work of drama
5
Shakespearean sonnets always follow the same rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG, ending with what?
iambic pentameter
prose
simile
rhyming couplet
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People who planned to assassinate Caesar called themselves what?
The Landlords
The Liberators
The Liberty
The Librarians
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What does Veni, Vidi, and Vici mean? (Caesar's famous words after defeating the Middle East)
I came, I saw, I conquered
I came, I want, I won
I came, I got scared, I ran
I punched, I kicked, I spit
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Caesar needed support financially and politically, what did he form in order to get it?
The Second Triumvirate
The Negative Triumvirate
The One Fourth Triumvirate
The First Triumvirate
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How many lines are there in a Shakespearean sonnet?
sixteen
eighteen
fourteen
twenty
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two rhyming lines at the end of a speech
rhyming couplet
prose
iambic pentameter
double entendre
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Soliloquy
conversation between two or more characters
thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone
a long speech spoken by a character to himself
lines that are spoken directly to the audience
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a play on words that either sound alike or that have multiple meanings
double entendre
metaphor
pun
prose
13
What did Shakespeare add to his plays?
sonnets
songs
his family
rhyming couplets
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Dramatic Irony
a humorous work of drama
a character who is nearly opposite of another character
a line of poetry that contains five iambs of two syllables
when the audience knows something that the character doesn't
15
Shakespeare increased the number of Caesar's stab wounds twenty-three to?
Thirty-eight
Thirty-three
Fourty-three
Fourty-eight
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What war did Caesar start because he was desperate for power?
The Civil War
The Garlic War
The Revolutionary War
The Gallic War
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Act
division within an act
division within a play
a humerous work of drama
a list of characters presented before the action begins
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phrases or words which have double meanings
double entendre
imagery
prose
blank verse
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What is an iamb?
a "unstressed" syllable followed by a "stressed" syllable
a "stressed" syllable followed by a "unstressed" syllable
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What war killed Caesar's wife Cornelia?
The Revolutionary War
The Gallic War
The Crouton War
The Civil War

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