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SECTION A - DRAMA Shakespeare : Julius Caesar Question 1
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: |
Cassius :
Brutus :
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I know not what may fall; I like it not
Mark Antony, here, take you Caesar's body.
You shall not in your funeral speech blame us,
But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,
And say you don't by our permission;
Else shall you not have any hand at all
About his funeral, And you shall speak In the same pulpit where to I am going,
After my speech is ended. |
| (i) State what Cassius does not like. What is the reason for Cassius's dislike? | [2] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
Cassius doesn't like Brutus allowing Antony to speak before the mob. Cassius doesn't like the idea because he knows the public mind very well. He knows that Antony’s speech can move the public and especially, if he has Caeser’s body with him.cassius did not like the idea of brutus allowing antony to speak in the funeral ceremonies of caesar. he says that brutus should not accuse us in his speech
(Contributed by : joy_arora) | (ii) Earlier, Brutus assured Cassius that he would take precautions before Antony is allowed to speak at the funeral of Caesar. State two of the precautions Brutus said he would take in this regard. | [4] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
Brutus said that he would himself go into the pulpit first and explain the reason for if the death of Caesar before Antony is allowed to speak at the funeral of Caesar. Moreover, he would tell Antony that whatever he would speak, would be by their permission. | (iii) Enumerate the condition laid down by Brutus on Antony before the latter was allowed to speak in Caesar's funeral. | [5] |
Answer: Brutus, earlier in Act II Scene 1, told Antony (upon being urged to do so by Cassius) that the latter may in now way blame them or tarnish their reputation.
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| (iv) Narrate briefly the prophecy of Antony over the corpse of Caesar. | [4] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
Antony prophecies that man would be infected by a horrible disease, a terrible civil war would rage in the country. Bloodshed & cruelty would be so common that none would be horrified at such occurrences. Even mothers would smile to see their children cut to pieces. | (v) Give five of the statements put forward by Antony in his funeral speech which roused people against the conspirators. | [5] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
(a) Antony told the public that Caesar was not at all ambitions, as blamed by
conspirators. He worked and died for the glory of Romans.
(b) He refused the kingly crown thrice.
(c) He was kind and sympathetic, i.e., when the poor cried, he had wept.
(d) According to Caesar’s will, he left seventy five drachmas to every Roman. (e) He left his gardens and orchards for the use of common people. On hearing such statements, the mob was convinced that Caesar was not ambitious. He loved his people. Rather conspirators were all butchers and had done great injustice to Caesar.
Question 2
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: |
"Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?
What tributaries follow him to Rome,
To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!
O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,
Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
To towers and windows, yea to chimney tops,
Your infants in your arms, and there have sat,
The livelong day, with patient expectation
To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome".
| (i) Who speaks these words? From which place in Rome is he speaking? | [2] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
Marullus, one of the two tribunes, speaks these words. He is speaking in a street of Rome. | (ii) Who is accused of rejoicing in the extract? How does the speaker conclude that they are rejoicing? | [3] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
The citizens are accused of rejoicing in the extract. They are putting on their best dresses. They seem to be in a happy and festive mood. They are out in the streets of Rome to welcome the victory procession.
Marullus accuses the citizens of Rome of rejoicing at the defeat of "Pompey's blood". He assumes this as they are not displaying their signs of profession on a "labouring day".
(Contributed by : slash22) | (iii) What does the speaker ask the "accused of rejoicing" to do for their ingratitude? | [3] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
The speaker, Marullus, advises them to repent for their present behaviour, i.e.being ungrateful to forget their dear king. They must pray to gods to ask for forgiveness to spare them from getting plague or punishment for their ingratitude.Marrulus asks the citizens to "run to their houses" and "fall upon their knees" and to pray to the gods to "intermit" the plague they will recieve for their insult to Pompey and his sons. He asks them to go to "Tiber banks" and weep until the lowest stream rises to "the most exalted shores of all".
(Contributed by : slash22) (iv) Give the meaning of the following:
"What tributaries follow him to Rome.
To grace in captive bonds his chariot-wheels ?" | [2] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
Mamllus doesn’t find any reason to rejoice. Caesar hadn’t returned victorious over a foreign enemy, but had just defeated Pompey’s sons. He is not bringing home any captive king or army general to give a boost to national pride. He thinks that it is not an occasion for the people to be jubilant by scattering flowers etc.
Marullus here asks the Romans where the prisoners of war are and what ransom he has won from the defeated party.
(Contributed by : slash22) | (v) What had the "people accused of rejoicing" done when Pompey passed through the streets of Rome? | [3] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
The people had a waited long for the appearance of Pompey, their much loved king, when his chariot just appeared in the streets of Rome. People applauded him so loudly that the waters of Tiber echoed. They used to climb up walls and balconies, towers and windows, even to chimney tops of their houses to see him. They didn’t mind waiting long if only they could catch a glimpse of him.According to Marullus, the Romans would climb up "battlements","towers" and "chimneytops", with their children in their arms, sitting all day with "patient expectation to see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome".
(Contributed by : slash22) | (vi) What does Flavius ask, later, the "People accused of rejoicing" to do for their fault of rejoicing at Caesar's victory? | [4] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
Flavius tells them to make amends by collecting all the labouring class, taking them to the banks of Tiber, letting their tears of sorrow fall into the river, asking for forgiveness, till the waters of Tiber reach its highest bank. | (vii) What did Flavius ask the speaker to do after the latter went towards the Capital? | [2] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
Flavius asked Marullus to take off the ceremonial robes, giving the impression of festivity, if he found any.Flavius asks Marullus to "go this way towards the Capitol" and disrobe Caesar's statues if he finds any decorated. Marullus is also asked to "drive the vulgar from the streets" to make it seem as though Caesar's procession is a faliure.
(Contributed by : slash22) | (viii) Why did the speaker hesitate in carrying out the direction given by Flavius? | [1] |
Answer: MODEL ANSWER from SYVUM
The speaker hesitated in carrying out the Flavious’ direction because it was the festival of the Lupercal, the god of fertility.Marullus hesitates in following the orders of Flavius since it is the feast of Lupercal.
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