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Read the following and write the most appropriate

option from the ones given to you :

1. Calpurnia : When beggars die, there are no

comets seen, the

heavens themselves blaze forth the

death of princes.

Caesar : Cowards die many times before their

deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but

once.

(i) Why does Calpurnia make the above

observation?

(a) She is a coward

(b) She is unsure of Caesar’s capability

the senate

(d) She is superstitious

(ii) How do heavens differentiate between the

death of a prince and a beggar?

(a) Heavens are indifferent

(b) There are ill omens when the mighty are

going to fall

preference

(d) It is the duty of Heavens to show some

omens

(iii) What is Caesar’s logic for not fearing

death?

(a) Brave do not think of death

(b) Brave are always ready to die

(d) Death always favours the brave

(iv) What does the above conversation reflect

about Caesar’s character?

(a) proud (b) selfless

Answers : (i) _________ (ii) _________

(iii) _________ (iv) _________

2. Your statue spouting blood in many pipes

In which so many smiling Roman’s bathed

Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck

Reviving blood, and that great man shall press

For tinctures, stains, relics and cognisance.

(i) Who is the speaker and who is being

addressed here?

(a) Caesar—Calpurnia

(b) Caesar—Antony

(d) Calpurnia—Decius

(ii) What is the context of this speech?

(a) Calpurnia’s dream

(b) Caesar’s statue spouting blood

(d) Some personal problem between Caesar

and Calpurnia

(iii) How will Rome be benefitted as a

result?

(a) Caesar’s enemies will decrease

(b) He will become more powerful

from Caesar

(d) Caeser will exploit the weak.

(iv) What is the effect of this speech on the

listener?

(a) Caesar is shocked

(b) Calpurnia is amazed

(d) Caesar is full of praise for Decius

Answers : (i) _________ (ii) _________

(iii) _________ (iv) _________

3. I must prevent thee, Cimber.

These couchings and these lowly courtesies

Might fire the blood of ordinary men,

And turn pre-ordinance and first decree

into the laws of children.

(i) What is the reason for this speech?

(a) Caesar’s anger at Cimber’s request

(b) Caesar’s politeness to pardon Cimber’s

brother

(d) Caesar’s ignorance of the rules of Rome.

(ii) What kind of behaviour is disliked by

the speaker?

(a) giving compliments

(b) bowing and bending to impress

(d) acts of defiance and opposition

(iii) What is the speaker’s conception of

law?

(a) Laws are a child’s play

(b) Laws cannot be changed at will

(d) Laws can be bent to save the guilty

(iv) What light does the above speech throw

on his character?

(a) kind and compassionate

(b) anthoritative

(d) fickle-minded

(v) What is the reason for Cimber’s

behaviour?

(a) He is afraid of Caesar

(b) He wishes to plead for his brother

(d) He hates Caesar

Answers : (i) ________ (ii) ________ (iii) ________

(iv) _______ (v) ________

4. O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,

That I am meek and gentle with these batchers

Thou art the ruins of the noblest man

that ever lived in the tide of times.

woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!

over thy wounds now do I prophecy, –

(i) Who is referred to as ‘bleeding piece of

earth’?

(a) Rome (b) Caesar’s dead body

(ii) What crime have the ‘Butchers’

committed?

(a) tyranny against Rome

(b) Shed blood of Romans

(d) looted the coffers of Rome

(iii) The speaker is full of grief at the death

of Caesar, but his behaviour is very

meek and gentle towards them? Why?

(a) He is afraid of them

(b) His own life is in danger

(d) He is calm by nature

(iv) What prophecy does the speaker make?

(a) Rome will be destroyed

(b) Caesar will be grieved

(d) Rome will not be at peace ever

(v) Who are the conspirators?

(a) Brutus and Antony

(b) Cassius and Brutus

(d) Antony and Cimber

Answers : (i) ________ (ii) ________ (iii) ________

(iv) ________ (v) ________

5. Brutus:

Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved

Rome more.

Had you rather Caesar were living and die all

slaves, than that

Caesar were dead, to live all free man? As

Caesar loved me

I weep for him, as he was fortunate, I rejoice at

it, as he was

valiant, I honour him.

(i) Why does Brutus make the above

speech?

(a) To plead and justify himself

(b) to provoke the conspirator

(d) he wishes to prove his nobility

(ii) Why does Brutus need to reaffirm and

emphasise his love for Caesar?

(a) He was considered Caesar’s best friend

(b) No one could ever associate him with

murder

(d) He wished to prove his love for Rome

(iii) What reasons does Brutus offer for

killing Caesar?

(a) Caesar was too dominating

(b) Roman liberty and democracy were at

stake under Caesar

(d) He was ruthless and unkind

(iv) Mention a praiseworthy quality of Caesar

which Brutus speaks about despite killing

him.

(a) Authoritative (b) Ruthless

(v) How important was honour to Brutus?

(a) important (b) most important

Answers : (i) ________ (ii) ________

(iii) ________(iv) ________ (v) ________

6. Mark Antony :

But Brutus says he was ambitious,

And Brutus is an honourable man.

He hath brought many captives home to Rome

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Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill;

Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?

(i) Why does Mark Antony keep repeating

that ‘Brutus is an honourable man’?

(a) Because his is clever

(b) Not to sound disagreeable to the crowd

(d) Because he respects Brutus

(ii) Quote one example from the above speech

that are in praise of Caesar?

(a) he waged wars

(b) punished the captives of war

captives to Rome

(d) he was ambitious

(iii) Mark Antony’s conception of ‘ambitious’ is

to have

(a) selfish motives (b) materialistic gains

(iv) What attitude of Mark Antony is reflected

by the above speech?

(a) cleverness (b) great oratorial skills

Answers : (i) _________ (ii) _________

(iii) _________ (iv) _________

7. Antony :

But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar;

I found it in his closet, ‘tis his will : ..............

which, pardon me, I don’t mean to read –

And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s

wounds

And dip their napkins in his sacred blood.

(i) What secret does Antony reveal to the

people of Rome?

(a) That Caesar left a will for Romans to read

(b) That Caesar was a very honest man

(d) That Caesar stabbed Rome in the back

(ii) What would be the effect of Caesar’s will?

(a) Romans would protest and revolt against

the conspirators

(b) They will feel guilty

(d) They will kiss Caesar’s wounds

(iii) Why does Antony show hesitation in

reading Caesar’s will?

(a) He does not wish to reveal the will

(b) He is unhappy at Caesar’s will

(d) He does not wish Romans to know about

(iv) What are the contents of Caesar’s will?

(a) Caesar wished to be remembered as a hero

(b) Caesar wished his statue to be built in the

centre of Rome

Romans

(d) He had left everything to Calpurnia

Answers : (i) _________ (ii) _________

(iii) _________ (iv) _________

8. Antony :

Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you

To such a sudden flood of mutiny

They that have done this deed are honourable

What private griefs they have, alas, I know not

That made them do it.

(i) What is the occasion of Mark Antony’s

speech?

(a) Caesar’s birthday

(b) Anniversary of Roman invasion

(d) Antony’s celebration

(ii) What does the use of ‘stir’ and ‘muting’

reveal about the purpose of Antony’s

speech?

(a) It is a wake-up case for Romans

(b) He wants them to rise up and revolt

Caesar’s statue

(d) He does not want anything from the

Romans

(iii) What is meant by ‘private griefs’?

(a) virtues

(b) personal problems

(d) treason against Rome

(iv) Who are the ‘sweet friends’ Antony

wishes to address?

(a) Brutus and Cassius

(b) Romans

(d) Calpurnia and Caesar’s relatives

Answers : (i) _________ (ii) _________

(iii) _________ (iv) _________

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow :

1. What can be avoided

Whose end is proposed by the mighty Gods?

(a) Who makes the above comment?

Ans :

(b) Discuss the context of the above remark?

Ans :

2. “And many lusty Romans

Came smiling and did bathe their hands in it”

And these she applies for warnings

(a) Identify the speaker and the listener.

Ans :

(b) What do the warnings indicate?

Ans :

3. But I am constant as the northern star

Of whose true-fixed and resting quality

There is no fellow in the firmament

(a) Who is ‘fixed’ like the star?

Ans :

(b) Discuss the context of the above?

Ans :

4. O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low?

Are all thy conquests, glories, triumples, spoils

Shrunk to this little measure.

(a) Identify the speaker.

Ans :

(b) Why is Caesar lying so low?(c) Why have his achievements come to naught according to the speaker?

Ans :

5. For your part

To you our swords have leaden points, Antony

Our arms, in struggle of malice and our hearts

Of brothers’ temper

(a) Who is the speaker and the listener?

Ans :

(b) What is the assurance, the speaker is giving to the listener?

Ans :

6. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves,

Than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?

(a) Identify the speaker?

Ans :

(b) Discuss the context of the above remark.

Ans :

7. The evil that men do lives after them

The good is oft interred with their bones;

So let it be with Caesar.

(a) Who is the speaker and what is the context?

Ans :

(b) What good had Caesar done according to the speaker?

Ans :

8. That was the most unkindest cut of all

For when the noble Caesar saw him stales

Ingratitude, more strong than traitors arms

Quite vanquished him.

(a) What was the unkindest cut? Who gave it?

Ans :

(b) Whose sight pained Caesar the most? Why?

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SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1. Brutus was not shrewd and foresighted enough to cash in upon the conspiracy and the killing of Caesar.

Discuss how did his miscalculations affect the conspirators.

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2. Give two examples of supernatural elements from the play.

How does Caesar react to Cimber’s pleadings to recall his brother from banishment?

Ans :

4. What are the contents of Caesar’s will that Mark Antony refers to?