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ENGLISH

Paper 2 - 2007

Literature in English

(Two Hours)



Question 1
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:-

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Caesar :
 Let me have men about me that are fat,
   Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights.
   Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
   He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Antony :  Fear him not, Caesar, he's not dangerous;
   He is a noble Roman, and well given.
Caesar :  Would he were fatter! But I fear him not;
   Yet if my name were liable to fear,
   I do not know the man I should avoid
   So soon as that spare Cassius.

1.

(i) Explain the lines:-
(a) 'Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep a-nights.'
 

2.

(b) 'He is a noble Roman, and well given.'
 

3.

(ii) Just before the extract, Brutus notices some changes in Caesar and his train as they return from the games. Mention any three changes seen by Brutus.
 

4.

(iii) Immediately after the extract, Caesar states that Cassius is a man to be avoided. What reasons does Caesar give for feeling so?
 

5.

(iv) At the end of the scene, Cassius decides to influence Brutus further. How does he plan to do this and why?
 


 
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