Julius Caesar Act-3/Scene -2 morning star workbook solutions of ICSE-X

 

Act -3 Scene -2

MCQS ANSWERS -

1. b) To crown Brutus as king.

2. b) They will avenge his murder

3. b) Brutus

4. c) poor dumb mouth

5. c) the Roman citizens self respect

6. c) he loved Rome more than Caesar

7. a) all the conspirators

8. b) Brutus

9. d) Antony

CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONS:

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

1.

1.      Brutus:

Be patient ---------------last.

Romans ----------------------cause;

And be silent ---------------------for mine

Honour and have --------------------------may

Believe -----------------------------------your

Senses, that -------------------------------judge.

i)Where is Brutus? Whom does he request to be patient and on what occasion is this speech made? What was the purpose of the speech?

Ans: Brutus is in the forum at Caesar’s funeral. He requests the crowd of Rome people to be patient and this speech is made on the occasion of Caesar’s funeral. The purpose of the speech was that Brutus explained the reasons for the murder of Caesar. He said that he had killed Caesar to liberate the Romans from his evil ambitions.

ii)How important was honour for Brutus? Give one example to justify your answer. In what way did his commitment to hounour lead him to the present crisis?

Ans; For Brutus, moral values are more important than love for another or even love for one’s own honor. He was a man who truly believed that one could sacrifice anything for the love of his country and county men. Hence, he tells the people of Rome that he loved and honored Caesar for his bravery but he killed him because he was ambitious. Therefore, the crowd after listening to his speech wanted to crown him as a king.

iii)Hear me for my cause.’ What was his cause? Were his motives genuine? How can you justify your answer?

Ans: Brutus explains to mob that he had very strong moral reasons for killing Caesar. He tells them that he loved and honoured Caesar for his bravery but he murdered him because he was ambitious. His motives were genuine since he was virtuous man who never deviated from what he judged to be the path of his moral duty and so he genuinely believed that he was doing the right action in killing Caesar.

iv)What was the reaction of his listeners in the beginning as well as at the end of the scene? How did the change in their attitude come about?

Ans: The mob listened quietly to Brutus because they respected his honesty, dignity and upright attitude. They felt satisfied with the reasons he gave them and were impressed with his calm and dignified manner. They hailed him as a hero and even wished to crown him. But at the end of the scene the same mob turns against Brutus and other conspirators. The change in their attitude came about because of Mark Antony’s speech.

v)Give the meaning of: ‘censure me in your wisdom.’ Who passed censure on him? In what way has this changed the course of action in the play?

Ans: ‘Censure me in your wisdom’ means to judge him with their sense of reason, knowledge and wisdom. Mark Antony passed censure him. People of Rome were influenced by Mark Antony’s speech later; because his speech appealed to the emotion of Roman people. So, people judged themselves and this changed the course of action in the play and rose against the conspirators.

 2.

1.      Brutus;

Good ----------------------------alone

And ----------------------------Antony

Do grace --------------------------speech

Tending to ---------------------------Antony,

By our -----------------------------------make

I do -------------------------------------depart

Save I ----------------------------------------spoke.

i)Why does Brutus intend to ‘depart alone’? why are the listeners left behind? Which error of judgement made by Brutus is revealed by his instruction to the listeners?

Ans: The public is on the side of Brutus and the conspirators and do not want to hear Antony. But Brutus persuades the audience to stay and listen to Antony’s speech who had the permission of Brutus to speak. He believed that Antony was sincere to him and meant no harm and would perform the last rites. So, he left alone requesting the crowd to listen to Antony speech. Brutus made wrong judgement by allowing Antony to speak to the people. He trusted Antony and believed in his sincere friendship.

ii)Give the meaning of: a) do grace to Caesar’s corpse, and grace his speech --- it means to pay respect to Caesar’s dead body as well as to Antony’s speech dealing with Caesar’s glories.

b),,,, not a man depart--- it means that nobody will go away from here. All must listen to the speech of Antony except Brutus himself because he was departing.

iii)What explanation had Brutus given in his speech for the murder of Caesar? What was the reaction of his listeners?

Ans: Brutus explained to the people of Rome that he had killed Caesar as a moral duty because Caesar wanted to rule over Rome like a tyrant. He said that he had done nothing wrong. Anyone who didn’t want to become a slave, who wasn’t wicked, who loved his freedom and who was Roman would have killed Caesar like Brutus. He felt that the people of Rome would have suffered under his cruel, absolute rule and so for the love of Rome and his country would kill Caesar. People after listening to Brutus, hailed him as a hero and even wished to crown him as a king

iv)Who has given Antony permission to speak? Give any two conditions under which Antony is allowed to speak.

Ans: Brutus has given permission to speak Antony. Two conditions are – first, Brutus trusted him and believed in his sincere friendship so he allowed to speak to the crowd and also requested the people of people to listen to Antony’s speech.  Second, Brutus wanted that Antony, who was the best friend of Caesar, should be allowed to perform his last rites and ceremonies according to the Roman custom.

v)State which of Caesar’s glories would Antony refer to in his speech a little later. What does he want to achieve by his speech?

Ans: Antony refers the following glories of Caesar – Antony proved that Caesar had been a great warrior. He brought many captives home to Rome. He further added that Caesar didn’t make himself rich by keeping all the wealth but shared with all the Romans. He praised Caesar that he was sympathetic and kind when the poor cried, he also cried. He also said that Caesar refused thrice to be a king when he was offered.

Antony wants to win the heart of people by his powers of verbal manipulation and eloquent oratory. He appeals to the emotions and sentiments of people by his speech. Finally, gets control over the hostile crowd and later excited them and turned them against the conspirators. The mob was seeking the conspirators for the punishment.