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Julius Caesar escape rooms

Five self-checking escape rooms on Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, one for each act. Every answer comes from the act, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. They suit high school English classes and homeschoolers from about grade 8.

No logins and nothing to install. Try the first two locks of any room free. See the rooms on all twelve plays.

Room by room

• Act 1: Beware the Ides. The tribunes scolding the crowd, the Soothsayer's warning, Cassius working on Brutus, the crown offered three times, the storm and the plan to win Brutus over.
• Act 2: The Orchard at Night. Brutus alone in his orchard, the letter in the window, the conspirators' night meeting, Portia's plea, Calphurnia's dream, Decius bringing Caesar to the Capitol and the warnings in the street.
• Act 3: Friends, Romans, Countrymen. The warnings Caesar ignores, the murder at the Capitol, Antony's bargain with the conspirators, the funeral speeches of Brutus and Antony, Caesar's will and the death of Cinna the poet.
• Act 4: The Quarrel at Sardis. Antony, Octavius and Lepidus marking men for death, Cassius arriving at Brutus's camp, the quarrel in the tent, the news of Portia, the plan to march to Philippi and the Ghost of Caesar.
• Act 5: The Field of Philippi. The generals' parley at Philippi, the farewell of Brutus and Cassius, the battle, the deaths of Cassius and Titinius, the capture of Lucilius and the death of Brutus.