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Julius

Caesar
William Shakespeare

SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 3 (For Class 10 – Act 3)

SECTION A
(Attempts all questions from this Section)
Question 1
Read the following questions and choose the most appropriate response from the choices given
below (Please do not copy the question - simply write out in correct serial order the appropriate
word or phrase.) [1 × 6 = 6]
(i) Why does Caesar ignore Artemidorus’ suit?
(a) Artemidorus was generally perceived as a liar.
(b) Caesar was determined to reject all suits.
(c) Caesar was disinclined to listen to suits that concerned his own well-being.
(d) Caesar was suspicious of Artemidorus’ intentions.
(ii) When Caesar rejects Metellus Cimber’s suit, which character steps in to request Caesar
again?
(a) Decius Brutus (b) Casca
(c) Marcus Brutus (d) Cassius
(iii) What does Antony do to convince the conspirators that he did not wish them ill?
(a) He offers to help them reign Rome. (b) He shakes their hands.
(c) He brings them tributes. (d) Antony takes an oath.
(iv) What does Antony decide to do at the pulpit before asking Octavius to return to Rome?
(a) Condemn Caesar
(b) Assert his right to rule Rome
(c) Kill Brutus and Cassius
(d) Gauge the public’s reaction to his speech

1
(v) What do the commoners do in reaction to Mark Antony’s speech?
(a) They throw objects at Antony
(b) They carry Antony across the borders of Rome
(c) They decide to burnt the houses of the conspirators
(d) They decide to garland the conspirators
(vi) “First Citizen: What is your name?
Second Citizen: Whither are you going?
Third Citizen: Where do you dwell?
Fourth Citizen: Are you a married man or a bachelor?”
Who is being questioned by the commoners here?
(a) Cinna the conspirator
(b) Casca the conspirator
(c) Casca the Writer
(d) Cinna the Poet

SECTION B
Question 2
Read the following extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Antony: …
Upon this hope, that you shall give me reasons
Why and wherein Caesar was dangerous.
Brutus: Or else were this a savage spectacle:
Our reasons are so full of good regard
That were you, Antony, the son of Caesar,
You should be satisfied.
Antony: That’s all I seek:
And am moreover suitor that I may
Produce his body to the market-place;
And in the pulpit, as becomes a friend,
Speak in the order of his funeral.
Brutus: You shall, Mark Antony.

2
(i) What are the reasons Brutus refers to in the given extract? 3
(ii) Describe and discuss Mark Antony’s initial reaction on first seeing Caesar’s body? 3
(iii) Why does Cassius try to prevent Antony from speaking at the pulpit? What conditions
does Brutus instate regarding Antony’s speech at the funeral? 3
(iv) Discuss the way in which Antony tries to gain the conspirators’ trust. 3
(v) Discuss Mark Antony’s support for the conspirators. Use adequate examples to support
your answer. 4

Question 3
Read the following extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
“Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony: who,
though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the
benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth;
as which of you shall not? With this I depart, – that,
as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have
the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my
country to need my death.”
(i) Who says these words and to whom? Where is this speech delivered and why? 3
(ii) Discuss the differences in the style of oration between the speaker and Antony. 3
(iii) How does Antony prove that Caesar was not ambitious? 3
(iv) What were the conditions of Caesar’s will? 3
(v) Discuss Mark Antony’s reconstruction of Caesar’s assassination. 4

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