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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly
Who says "Et tu Brute"? When are these words spoken? Why?
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उत्तर
These words were the last words of Julius Caesar when he was being stabbed by his own friends. These were spoken as his closest friend Brutus also stabbed him. Caesar could not believe that such a close friend could also backstab him.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How did Brutus justify Caesar’s assassination?
How did nature foretell Caesar’s death?
"They that have done this deed are honorable: What private grief’s they have, alas, I know not, That made them do it"……………….
(a) Who is the speaker?
(b) What deed have 'they' done?
(c) What does the word, 'grief’s' mean?
Read the extract given below and answer briefly the questions that follow:
"The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it."
(a) Who is the speaker? Who are 'you'?
(b) How did Caesar pay for being ambitious?
(c) What argument did the speaker give to show that Brutus was wrong in his judgement of Caesar?
Why did Cassius tell Brutus not to allow Antony to speak on Caesar's funeral ?
Why did Caesar's will infuriate the Romans ?
How did Antony prove that Caesar was not ambitious?
Answer the following question by ticking the correct options.
The offer that Cassius makes to Antony after Caesar's assassination is that………
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After listening to Brutus' speech, the Third Citizen says 'Let him be Caesar'. This clearly
shows he ……………………….
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When Antony calls the conspirators 'honourable men' his tone is ………………
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Antony's reference to Caesar's conquest of the Nervii is to ………………….
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Antony's remark Mischief, thou art afoot,
Take thou what course thou wilt! , shows him to be …………………
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Why is Decius more successful than Calpurnia in persuading Caesar?
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In the moments following Caesar's death what do the conspirators proclaim to justify Caesar's death ?
Answer the following question briefly.
When he is left alone with the body of Caesar what does Anthony call Brutus and the others?
Given below are some questions based on reading of the play 'Julius Caesar'. These
questions are not for testing in the Exam. These are for a deeper understanding of the
play and the characters.
a) Why was the conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar hatched?
b) Was Caesar really ambitious? Find evidence from the play to support your answer.
c) What was Cassius' motive for murdering Julius Caesar?
d) Why was it essential for the conspirators to include Brutus in the conspiracy?
e) What were the mistakes made by Brutus that led to the failure of the conspiracy?
f) Comment on Caesar's friendship with Antony.
g) Write a brief character sketch of Antony.
h) What is the role of Julius Caesar's ghost in the play, Julius Caesar?
i) Why does Antony call Brutus 'the noblest Roman of them all'?
j) How do Brutus and Cassius meet their end?
What opinion do you form of Calpurnia from the play ‘Julius Caesar’ ?
