JULIUS CAESAR

Answer the following questions in about 30 to 40 words.

1. How do the heavens 'blaze forth' the death of Julius Caesar?

2.What does Calpurnia try to convince Caesar of?

3.What does Calpurnia dream about Caesar? How does Decius Brutus interpret the dream?

4.What are the arguments put forward by Decius Brutus to convince Caesar to go to the Capitol?

5. Who says "Et tu Brute"? When are these words spoken? Why?

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow in one or two lines.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but once.

a. Who speaks these lines to whom?

b. Which characteristic feature of the speaker is revealed in the given lines?

c. Why does the speaker say these words?

d. To whom does the Caesar say cowards?

Read the following excerpts and answer the questions briefly.

CAESAR Cowards die many times before their deaths;

The valiant never taste of death but once.

Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.

It seems to me most strange that men should fear;

Seeing that death, a necessary end,

Will come when it will come.

(i) Choose the option that is relevant to [A] Assertion and [R] Reason.

[A] A brave person dies only once.

[R] A brave person faces any difficult situation or challenges.

(a) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct explanation of [A].

(b) Both [A] and [R] are true and [R] is not the correct explanation of [A].

(c) [A] is true but [R] is faise.

(d) [A] is false but [R] is true.

(ii) The strangest thing that Caesar ponders is why___________.

(a) cowardly people die again and again

(b) brave people die only once

(c) men are afraid of death

(d) death is inevitable

(iii) What fears has the listener expressed?

(iv) What is the basis for the fears expressed?

(v)  Why has death been called a ‘necessary ‘end?