Answer the following questions in your English Literature copy.
1. Mark Antony stirs the emotions of the crowd in his ____.
(a) farewell speech (b) eulogy (c) prologue (d) epilogue
2. “O world, thou were the forest to this hart, and this indeed, O world, the heart of thee.” Which of the following
uses the same literary device as given above?
(a) The bees buzzed around the flower-filled garden.
(b) Her eyes are buttons.
(c) She caught the scent of mothballs in the abandoned home.
(d) Broken pencils are pointless.
3. Select the option that shows the correct relationship between statements I and II.
Statement I: They will kiss dead Caesar’s wounds with reverence.
Statement II: The people of Rome have just heard Antony read out Caesar’s will to them.
(a) Statement I is true, and Statement II is false.
(b) Statement II is the cause of Statement I.
(c) Statement I and Statement II are independent of each other.
(d) Statement II is true, and Statement I is false.
4. What is the attitude of the mob in this scene?
(a) clever (b) intelligent (c) sensitive (d) irrational
5. Which of the following is NOT an example of irony?
(a) Cassius calls Caesar a God while describing how weak he was.
(b) Antony refers to Brutus as an honourable man while disproving his claims.
(c) One of the plebeians suggested crowning Brutus king.
(d) Antony compares the conspirators’ killing of Caesar to apes and hounds.
6. Read the following extract from Julius Caesar [Act III Scene I] and answer the questions that follow.
Antony: Post back with speed, and tell him what hath chanc’d Here is a mourning Rome, a dangerous Rome, No
Rome of safety for Octavius yet; Hie hence and tell him so. Yet, stay awhile; Thou shalt not back till I have borne
this corpse Into the marketplace: there shall I try, In my oration, how the people take The cruel issue of these
bloody men; According to which, thou shalt discourse To young Octavius of the state of things. Lend me your
hand.
(a) What instructions does Antony give the servant? [3]
(b) Why does Antony say ‘Rome is dangerous’? Whom is it not safe for? Why? [3]
(c) Mention any three predictions that Antony makes when is left alone with Julius Caesar’s dead body. [3]
(d) What was Brutus’ and Cassius’ opinion of Antony? Whose assessment about Antony was correct? Justify your
answer. [3]
(e) What aspects of Antony’s character are revealed during Act III and Act IV? [4]
