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Answer the following question by ticking the correct options.

What prophecy does Antony make over Caesar's dead body?

विकल्प

  • Romans will see Caesar's ghost roaming on the streets

  • Rome will experience fierce civil war in which many people will die

  • Rome will be ruled by Ate

  • Roman women will smile at the death of Caesar

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Rome will experience fierce civil war in which many people will die

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Julius Caesar
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अध्याय 13: Julius Caesar - Exercises [पृष्ठ १७४]

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सीबीएसई English Communicative - Literature Reader [English] Class 10
अध्याय 13 Julius Caesar
Exercises | Q 5.06 | पृष्ठ १७४

संबंधित प्रश्न

Good countrymen, let me depart alone,

And, for my sake, stay here with Antony

i. Identify the speaker of the above lines.

ii. When and where were the above lines spoken?

iii. Bring out the irony in the above extract.


How did nature foretell Caesar’s death?


'Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.'

Brutus says this as he justifies to the Romans why Caesar was assassinated by them. Do you agree with Brutus? Justify your answer in 120‒150 words by giving examples from the play.

Why values does Brutus display as he says this line to the Romans ?


Caesar shall forth; the things that threaten'd me
Ne'er look'd on my back; when they shall see
The face of Caesar, they are vanished.

(a) Where is Caesar planning to go ?

(b) What are the 'things' that threaten him ?

(c) What does the word 'vanished' mean ?


Why did Cassius tell Brutus not to allow Antony to speak on Caesar's funeral ?


Answer the following question by ticking the correct options.

When Caesar says "Nor heaven nor earth have been at peace to-night" he sounds ……….


Answer the following question by ticking the correct options.

Decius Brutus changes Caesar's mind about going to the Senate by appealing to his
……………………


Answer the following question by ticking the correct options.

Cassius tries to stop Brutus from letting Antony speak at Caesar's funeral as he ……………………..


Answer the following question by ticking the correct options.

After listening to Brutus' speech, the Third Citizen says 'Let him be Caesar'. This clearly
shows he ……………………….


How do the heavens ‘blaze forth’ the death of Julius Caesar?


Answer the following question briefly.

What does Calpurnia dream about Caesar? How does Decius Brutus interpret the dream? 


Answer the following question briefly.

What are the arguments put forward by Decius Brutus to convince Caesar to go to the Capitol?


Answer the following question briefly

Who says "Et tu Brute"? When are these words spoken? Why?


Answer the following question briefly.

Whom does Antony call 'the choice and master spirits of this age"? Why?


Julius Caesar and Antony reveal something about their character in their words and actions. We also learn about them from what other people say. Can you pick out the words that describe them from the box given below? Also, pick out lines from the play to illustrate your choice.

superstitious       arrogant                  loyal                      clever
overconfident     manipulative           good orator          ambitious
brave                  great conqueror      generous               fearless
loves flattery       firm                         shrewd                   crafty

 

Person Extract from play What it tells us about the character

Julius Caesar 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. the things that threaten'd me Ne'er look'd but on my back; when they shall see
The face of Caesar, they are vanished.
1. arrogant
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  

Mark Antony 

 

 

 

1. 1. Loyal
2.  
3.  
4.  
5.  
   

 


Antony employs a number of devices to produce the desired effect on the mob. These devices maybe described as rhetorical devices. He first speaks in such a manner that it seems to the mob that he is in full agreement with Brutus about Caesar. Then step by step he moves away from Brutus' position, depicting Brutus as a villain and Caesar as a wronged man. Copy and complete the following table by showing how Antony builds the argument in Caesar's favour.

Antony's words Argument
1. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. Does not wish to eulogise Caesar
2. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious: If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.  Seemingly agrees with Brutus
3.  
4.  
5.  
6.  

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar;
I found it in his closet, 'tis his will:
Let but the commons hear this testament--
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read--
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds

a) Who speaks these words? Where is the speaker at this moment?
b) What are the contents of Caesar's will that he is referring to?
c) Why does the speaker read Caesar's will to the citizens?
d) What is the reaction of the listeners to the reading of the will?


What opinion do you form of Calpurnia from the play ‘Julius Caesar’ ? 


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