Prepared by

SCERT Kerala

Questions 1 to 4 . Read the lines from the dramatic speech Friends, Romans, Countrymen…”and answer the questions that follow.

(4-1-4)

He was my friend, faithful and just to me:                                                               But Brutus says he was ambitious;     And Brutus is an honourable man.       He hath brought many captives home to Rome,                                                      Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:                                                                Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?  When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:                                               Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man.

1. What does Antony say Caesar did when the poor cried?

2. ‘He was my friend, faithful and just to me: Which poetic device is used in the given line?

3. How does Antony question Brutus’s claim that Caesar was ambitious?

A. By agreeing with Brutus and acknowledging Caesar’s ambition

B. By saying that Caesar filled the Roman treasury and cared for the

C. By reiterating that Caesar always wanted more power and land

D. By claiming that Caesar planned to rule other countries

9. Pick out an example of a thetorical question from the given lines