Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering Act 1 of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with Shakespeare’s drama. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Setting
• The motivation of a crowd
• Marullus’s perception of Caesar
• A coinciding event
• Flavius’s perception of Caesar
• Cassius’s fear
• The actions of a Soothsayer
• Cassius’s efforts to diminish Caesar
• Caesar’s medical condition
• Cassius’s plan to manipulate Brutus
• Casca’s fear
• Cinna’s role in a conspiracy