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SHRI VILE PARLE KELAVANI MANDAL’S

C.N.M. School & N.D. Parekh Pre-Primary School


MUST KNOW QUESTIONS (2024-2025)
STD X
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Drama: Julius Caesar Act 3 Scene 2 and 3
A ) Read the following questions and select the correct option:
1. Why does Cassius leave before Brutus begins addressing the crowd in the Forum?
a) He feels guilty
b) He is speaking elsewhere
c)He is angry
d) He hates crowds
2. How did Caesar fill Rome’s coffers, according to Antony’s eulogy?
a) Collecting ransoms
b) Taxing the wealthy
c) Personal contributions
d) Pillaging

3. In his eulogy, Antony continuously refers to ___ and ___ as “honourable men”.
a) Past Roman leaders
b) Brutus and Casca
c) Brutus and Cassius
d) Caesar and Octavius

4. Where does Octavius go when he returns to Rome after Antony’s eulogy?


a) The senate
b) The Forum
c) Antony’s house
d) Caesar’s house
e)
5. The man who shares Senator Cinna’s name holds what occupation?
a) Cobbler
b) Lawyer
c) Poet
d) Fisherman

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6. What is suggested by the plebeians' response to Brutus's speech after Caesar's assassination?

a) The people are swayed by Brutus's logical argument


b) The people are outraged by Brutus's actions and condemn him
c) The people immediately understand the depth of Brutus's love for Rome
d) The people are more interested in praising Brutus than engaging with his reasoning

7.How does Antony begin to sway public opinion of Caesar in his speech to the plebeians?
a) Antony proclaims that Brutus is dishonorable and accuses him of treachery
b) Antony presents a wealth of factual evidence that disproves Brutus's charges against Caesar
c) Antony emphasizes Brutus's honor and subtly challenges Caesar's ambition
d) Antony reveals that Caesar was plotting against Brutus and so deserved to be assassinated

8. What does the act of gathering around Caesar's corpse symbolize for the crowd?
a) It represents their opposition to Brutus and Cassius
b) It represents their disrespect toward Caesar's memory
c) It represents their respect for Caesar's final wishes as stated in his will
d) It represents their acknowledgement of Antony as their new leader

9.What physical evidence does Antony show to the crowd to provide their emotions during his funeral
speech?
a) The dagger that Brutus used to stab Caesar
b) Caesar's ripped clothing and wounded corpse
c) A written letter outlining the conspirators' assassination plot
d) Cassius's robes that are stained with Caesar's blood

10. What is the outcome of Antony's speech at Caesar's funeral?


a) Brutus and Cassius are forced to flee from Rome
b) The conspirators murder Antony to silence him
c) Brutus and Cassius are arrested and put on trial
d) Antony is declared the new leader of Rome

11. What is the main focus in Brutus' speech in Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar?
a) He is focused on Rome.
b) He is focused on Marc Antony's sorrow.
c) He is focused on Caesar's bravery.
d) He is focused on convincing the Romans that he cares for them.

12. What does Marc Antony repeat in his speech in Act III, Scene 2 of Julius Caesar?
a) Caesar was an honourable man.
b) Brutus is a dishonourable man.
c) Brutus is an honourable man.
d) Caesar was a dishonourable man.

13. What does Antony manage to prove to the crowd?

a) That Caesar was not ambitious


b) That Caesar had planned to enslave them
c) That Caesar would have brought war to Rome
d) That the conspirators were just in their actions

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14. What does Brutus say he is prepared to do if they decide he acted wrongly?

a) Allow them to kill him with his own dagger


b) Kill himself with the same dagger
c) Leave Rome and never return
d) Be imprisoned for the rest of his life

15. After listening to Brutus's speech, what does the crowd want to do?

a) Kill him
b) Throw out all the conspirators
c) Make him king
d) Exile him

16. What does Brutus tell the crowd would have happened had Caesar been allowed to live?

a) He would have brought them all into an unnecessary and brutal war
b) He would be so weak that other countries would soon try to invade
c) He would have made the people slaves
d) He would have bankrupt the country with his greed

17. Who tries to get Antony to read the will?

a) Brutus
b) Caesar
c) the citizens of Rome
d) Trebonius

18) The first to stab Caesar was


a) Antony
b) Cassius
c) Brutus
d) Trebonius

19) How has Calpurnia's nightmare come true?


a) It did not come true; she is just a crazy wife.
b) Caesar’s body was stabbed many times by the conspirators.
c) The heartless sacrifice predicted evil events in Rome.
d) Calpurnia did not have a nightmare; it was Portia, and Caesar was stabbed to death

20) Who has been referred to by Anthony as ‘ Caesar’s Angel?


a) Calpurnia
b) Brutus
c) Octavius
d) None of the Above

21. Who said “ I have neither wit, nor words , nor worth’?
a) Brutus
b) Octavius
c) Anthony
d) Cassius

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B) Read the extract given below and answer the following:

Citizens: We will be satisfied: let us be satisfied.


1) What does the people of Rome want to know? Where have they gathered?

2) What reason does Brutus give to the people for slaying Caesar? Who wins over the crowd with his
speech? Why?
3) What instructions does Brutus give Cassius? Why?
4) How does Brutus address the crowd? According to Brutus, how would have Caesar treated the people
if he would live?

5) why does Brutus weep, rejoice, honour and slew Caesar? Who according to Brutus has he offended by
his speech?

6) Where is Caesar’s death recorded? What assurance does Brutus give the people?

7)Who enters the scene as Brutus gives his speech? What does Brutus tell about this person?

8) How does Brutus end his speech?

9) How does Antony address the gathering? How does he praise Caesar?

10) According to Antony, how would people react if he read Caesar’s will?

C) Read the extract given below and answer the following:


Antony: I remember the first time ever Caesar put it on
1) What is ‘it’ in the above reference?

2) When did Caesar put ‘it’ on? Who is Nervii?

3) How does Antony describe the stabbing of Caesar by Brutus? How did Caesar react?

4) How does the people react when they hear Antony speak about Caesar’s wounds?

5)How does Antony show that he is no orator?

6) What has Caesar left for the people of Rome in his will?

7) What message does the servant bring at the end of the scene?

8) With the help of examples, bring out qualities of Brutus and Antony in this scene

9) Bring out fickle mindedness of the citizens with the help of examples from this scene.

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Std X English Literature Must Know Questions (2024-25) Pg 4

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