Shirin Puri Lama solutions for इंग्लिश शेक्सपियर्स जूलियस केसर वर्कबुक [इंग्रजी] इयत्ता ९ अँड १० आईसीएसई chapter * - Use of Literary Devices in Acts 3, 4 and 5 - Scene 2 [Latest edition]

Mark Antony stirs the emotions of the crowd in his ______.

Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements I and II.

Statement I: They will kiss dead Caesar’s wounds with reverence.

Statement II: The people of Rome have just heard Antony read out Caesar’s will to them.

What is the attitude of the mob in this scene?

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Brutus’ words said for Caesar?

Antony’s speech is full of ______.

Which of the following options is NOT true about the citizens:

Why does Brutus want the citizens to stay back after he has finished speaking with them?

We feel that Brutus’ speech ______.

When Antony tells the citizens to ‘bear with me,’ and starts to cry ______.

Give an example of personification in this scene.

Give an example of the literary device called irony in this scene.

Which two examples does Antony give to show that Caesar was not ambitious?

1. that Caesar badly wanted the crown which he had offered him earlier.
2. Caesar had refused the crown offered to him by Antony not once but three times.
3. Caesar saw to it that all the money collected from the prisoners of war as ransom was put for the welfare of the common people.
4. Caesar was loved by the upper class of people.

Antony uses the word honourable like a refrain eight times so that by the end of his speech it becomes a term of ______.

Select the correct option regarding the sequence of events what Antony does:

1. Mark Antony asks the servant to help him carry Caesar’s body into the marketplace.
2. Mark Antony requests Brutus that he be allowed to speak at Caesar’s funeral.
3. Mark Antony sends his servant to first go and speak with Brutus that he be allowed to come and meet him.
4. Mark Antony flees to his house after Caesar is assassinated.

How does Brutus address the citizens in his speech?

Brutus rose against Caesar because ______.

Brutus tells the citizens that had Caesar lived, he would have treated them like ______.

Brutus ends his speech by telling the mob ______.

The fickle-minded citizens, after hearing Brutus are ______.

By referring to the citizens as ‘Friends’ Antony cleverly ______.

Antony begins his speech by telling the mob that he had ______.

Mark Antony cleverly appeals to their sentiments and sways the citizens’ feelings in favour of Caesar when he says ______.

Mark Antony tells the crowd that he dared not read aloud the will to them because ______.

While Antony pretends to turn the mob away from mutiny and bloodshed, he actually is ______.

Antony asks the crowd to ______.

Antony’s intention of making the mob to stand around Caesar’s mutilated body was to ______.

According to Antony, who was Brutus?

Is it true when Antony tells the citizens, ‘I come not, friends, to steal your hearts.’?

What had Caesar bequeathed to each of the citizens?

What is Antony’s concluding line of his speech to the citizens?

What does the servant inform Antony about both Brutus and Cassius?

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

1. What does Antony say he is there for?
   What does he say he is not there for?
   What do you think he is actually there for?
2. What were the three conditions that Brutus had laid down before allowing Antony to speak to the citizens of Rome?
3. List the three arguments that Antony uses immediately after he has spoken these lines to prove conclusively that Julius Caesar was not ambitious.
4. Antony repeatedly uses certain words in his speech to describe Brutus. What are they? Why does he do this?
5. What one argument of Antony do you think had the greatest impact on his listeners? Give a reason to support your answer.
   What were the citizens’ feelings towards Antony before he began his speech?
   How do their feelings towards him change at the end of his speech?

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

1. Who were the ‘Nervii’? Why does Antony mention the names of Cassius, Casca and Brutus as he shows the mob the mantle? (Recall & Understanding)
2. State three arguments put forward by Antony earlier to prove that Caesar was not ambitious. (Understanding)
3. Why does Antony refer to Brutus as well-beloved? Why was the stabbing of Caesar by Brutus referred to as the ‘most unkindest cut of all’? (Understanding & Application)
4. Mention three ways Brutus’ speech differs from Antony’s. (Analysis)
5. What characteristic of the mob is highlighted in this scene? State any two characteristic traits of Mark Antony revealed in this scene. Justify your answer by giving a suitable reason. (Analysis, Application & Evaluate)

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

1. Why do the citizens wish to be satisfied? What mood are they in? Give the meaning of 'audience'. (Understanding & Application)
2. What instructions does Brutus give Cassius? What does Brutus tell the crowd before he goes up to the pulpit? (Recalling)
3. What do the First Citizen and Second citizen tell each other? (Recalling)
4. What will be the purpose of Brutus' speech to the citizens who are waiting for him to speak? (Understanding)
5. According to Brutus what was the single major evil in Caesar's character? (Understanding)

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

1. What are the different feelings that Brutus had for Caesar? Why did he kill Caesar? (Understanding)
2. What does this extract reveal about Brutus? (Analysis)
3. Who does Brutus feel he has offended in his speech? What reply does he get? (Recalling)
4. How does Brutus justify that he has offended no one at the end of his speech? Who enters after his speech? (Recalling & Understanding)
5. How does Brutus introduce the person who enters? Why is he confident that the person means no harm to the conspirators? (Recalling & Understanding)

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

1. Bring out the real purpose of Antony's speech. How does he succeed? (Understanding & Analysis)
2. State two instances cited by Antony in his speech to prove to the mob that Caesar was not ambitious. (Application)
3. What is the word used by Antony in his speech which is a repetition in a sarcastic manner (verbal irony) to incite the mob to anger and fury? How does he cleverly play on the emotions of the mob against Brutus indirectly refuting what Brutus spoke of Caesar? (Recalling, Application & Analysis)
4. Why does Antony ask the mob to bear with him? What is his ulterior motive in doing so? (Understanding)
5. What is the reaction of the mob? What do they discuss among themselves? Give two instances of their conversation. (Analysis)
6. What qualities of Antony do you admire? What character traits of Antony are portrayed in his speech? (Analysis)

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

1. Antony shifts the focus of his speech to something else also. What is it? Why does Antony do this? (Recalling & Analysis)
2. What had Antony found in Caesar's closet? What four things would the people do if they came to know of the contents of what Antony found? (Recalling & Understanding)
3. What reasons does Antony give for delaying the reading of the contents of what he had found in Caesar's closet? How does he incite the mob further? (Recalling & Understanding)
4. How does the mention of Caesar's will and Antony's reference to Caesar's stabbing affect the citizens? 
5. Explain - "If I were disposed to stir your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage". (Understanding)

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

1. Which was the unkindest cut of all? Who have already stabbed Caesar? Where? When? (Recalling)
2. Why was it referred to as 'the unkindest cut of all'? What was the reaction in Caesar's body to this cut? What does it show about Caesars's relationship with the person who gave him this cut? (Understanding & Analysis)
3. Where did Caesar fall? What was ironical about his fall? (Recalling & Analysis)
4. What is spoken about the vesture of Caesar by Antony in his speech? What was so special about it? What was its significance in history? (Recalling & Analysis)
5. How did the mob react? What did Antony want to achieve through his speech? How far was he successful? (Understanding & Analysis)

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

1. How does Antony go on to compare himself with Brutus? How does Antony try to project himself to be simple and outright to the mob? Why does he do so? Does he really mean it when he says 'let me not stir you up"? (Analysis)
2. What does Antony show the people that incites them still further to mutiny and rage? What does it contain? (Recalling & Understanding)
3. What do the mob decide to do at the end of the scene? (Recalling)
4. Who enters after the mob has dispersed? What information does the person bring? (Recalling)
5. What shortcomings does Antony have as an orator according to himself? What would have happened had Antony and Brutus changed their places? (Understanding & Evaluation)