Question

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

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. It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

a) Choose the option that is relevant to [A] Assertion and [R] Reason.

[A] A brave person dies only once.

[R] A brave person faces any difficult situation or challenges.

1. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A].
2. Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is not the correct explanation of [A].
3. [A] is true but [R] is faise.
4. [A] is false but [R] is true.

b) The strangest thing that Caesar ponders is why ______.

1. cowardly people die again and again
2. brave people die only once
3. men are afraid of death
4. death is inevitable

c) What fears has the listener expressed?

d) What is the basis for the fears expressed?

e) Why has death been called a ‘necessary’ end?

Answer 1

a) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A].

b) The strangest thing that Caesar ponders is why men are afraid of death.

c) The listener (Calpurnia) has expressed fear for Caesar’s life due to ominous omens and bad dreams, specifically urging him to stay home and not go to the Senate house.

d) Her fears are based on supernatural warnings and alarming reports of portents: a lioness whelping in the streets, graves opening to reveal the dead, and fiery warriors fighting in the clouds, all of which she interprets as warnings of Caesa’s impending doom.

e) Death is called a ‘necessary’ end because it is a natural, biological, and inevitable part of existence. Caesar argues that since death is a certainty that everyone must face eventually, it is illogical to fear it.