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प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,
And say you do it by our permission;
……. ……. ……. …….
(a) Identify the speaker.
(b) Who is being granted permission?
(c) What is the speaker afraid of?
(d) What opinion do you form of the speaker?
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उत्तर
(a) Brutus is the speaker.
(b) Antony is being granted permission.
(c) The speaker was afraid that people will choose Caesar as their king.
(d) The speaker seemed to be cunning and generous but he had immense intelligence and energy too.
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CAESAR Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
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