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 3 [Latest edition]

‘Brutus does not allow his pain and anguish to interrupt his professional life.’ This portrays that he practises ______.

“O Cassius, you are yoked with a lamb.”

Which of the following uses the same literary device as given above?

Brutus: ‘Let me tell you, Cassius you yourself,
Are much condem’d to have an itching palm’.

The literary device used in the words.

‘an itching palm’, is ______.

‘By heaven, I had rather coin my heart
And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring
From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash

These lines highlight which of the following character traits in Brutus:

Which of the following statements is NOT true of Cassius:

In this scene, the dead Caesar’s ghost ________.

Brutus accuses Cassius of:

1. sending him money.
2. not sending him money.
3. acquiring money by unfair means.
4. spending all the money.

While Cassius and Brutus are arguing, ________.

Brutus reminds Cassius of the ________.

Brutus does not want to wait for the enemies to attack them because ________.

Cassius accuses Brutus of having ________.

Portia commits suicide by ________.

This scene shows trouble between ________.

Caesar’s ghost tells Brutus ________.

Brutus would raise money by ________.

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

1. Who is referred to as ‘her’ in the first line of the extract? What had she done? Why did she take that step? (Recall & Understanding)
2. How was Brutus related to the above lady? Why did he wish not to discuss the matter related to her? What does this tell us about his nature? (Recall, Understanding & Analysis)
3. Who comes to meet Brutus and Cassius immediately after the quoted lines? For what does he put them to shame? (Recall)
4. Explain the term ‘Triumvirate’ in this context. Name the members of the Second Triumvirate. (Recall)
5. Brutus and Cassius had different ideas about how best to defeat the enemy. What were their strategies? Whose strategy was adopted? (Understanding)

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

1. Where are Brutus and Cassius? What prompts Brutus to say ‘You wronged yourself to write in such a case’? (Recalling & Understanding)
2. Why does Cassius feel that they should not argue in ‘such a time’? (Understanding & Analysis)
3. What did Brutus accuse Cassius of? How did Cassius react to this accusation? (Recalling & Understanding)
4. Explain the line:-
   “It is not meet that every nice offence should bear his comment”. (Understanding & Analysis)
5. Brutus accuses Cassius of many wrongs. Was Brutus justified in doing so? Give reasons for your answer. (Evaluation)

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

1. What do the words in the blanks signify? What does Brutus' statement, 'Did not great Julius Caesar bleed for justice sake' given after this extract refer to? (Understanding & Analysis)
2. What does Brutus remind Cassius of? (Recalling)
3. How does Brutus connect the act of murdering Caesar to corruption? (Understanding)
4. How is Brutus wrong in his assessment? Was Brutus being fair to Cassius? Give reasons for your answer. (Analysis & Evaluation)
5. What change of behaviour do you see in Brutus? (Understanding & Analysis)

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

1. Explain the lines:-
   You shall digest the venom of your spleen/Though it do split you. (Understanding & Analysis)
2. How does Brutus taunt Cassius in the succeeding lines of the extract that Cassius tells Brutus in exasperation 'Is it come to this'? (Understanding)
3. Why does Cassius consider himself a better soldier than Brutus? Was he justified in the assessment of himself? Give reasons for your answer. (Understanding & Analysis)
4. State any two derogatory remarks made by Brutus for Cassius. Was Brutus justified in doing so? (Recalling & Analysis)
5. What was the misunderstanding between Brutus and Cassius? How does Cassius justify himself to Brutus? What makes Cassius soften his attitude towards Brutus? (Understanding & Analysis)

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

1. What do these lines reveal about the speaker's mood? What were Cassius' complaints against Brutus before this extract? (Analysis & Understanding)
2. What does Cassius mean to say when he says his heart is "Dearer than Plutus mine"? Who is Plutus? Why does Cassius compare his heart to Plutus mine? (Understanding & Application)
3. Why had Cassius, according to Brutus, denied giving gold to him? How did Cassius justify this accusation made to him by Brutus? (Analysis)
4. How does Brutus try to pacify Cassius and end the quarrel? How would you have ended the quarrel? Write your answer in two sentences. (Analysis & Application)
5. Who enters the scene? Why has the person come here? How does Brutus react to the person's intrusion? (Recalling & Understanding)

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

1. Who does Brutus speak to in the first line of the extract? Why does he not want the person to speak of the topic anymore? What is the topic of conversation that is upsetting to Brutus? (Recalling & Understanding)
2. Whose thought is Brutus trying to wave off? What does it reveal about his character? (Understanding & Analysis)
3. Who is Messala? What piece of information does Messala give after the extract? (Recalling)
4. How does Brutus plan to meet his enemy? What does Cassius advise Brutus contrary to his plan? (Understanding)
5. How did Cassius prove himself to be 'a better soldier' than Brutus in his advice? (Evaluation)

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

1. What was the suggestion given by Cassius that makes Brutus argue in this way? (Recalling)
2. Explain the lines:
   There is a tide in the affairs of men,
   Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. (Understanding)
3. How does Brutus compare the voyage of life to the voyage at sea? (Analysis)
4. Was Brutus justified in taking advantage of the ‘tide’ in his life? Give reasons for your answer. (Evaluation)
5. What does Brutus propose to do after the extract? Who does he call for and why? (Recalling & Understanding)

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

1. Describe the setting of the scene. What makes this scene supernatural? (Recalling & Understanding)
2. What does the apparition tell Brutus? What effect does the apparition have on Brutus? How would you have felt had you been in place of Brutus? (Recalling)
3. What is the significance of the words of the apparition in the play? (Analysis & Evaluation)
4. Was the apparition real or a figment of Brutus' imagination? Give reasons to justify your answer. (Analysis)
5. When does the apparition appear to Brutus again? To whom did Brutus tell this, later in the play? (Recalling)