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Table of Contents
Workbook Summary :
PLOT DEVELOPMENT-THE STORM
Casca and the senator Cicero meet at night in the street in Rome.
There is a violent storm raging, with thunder and lightning. Casca enters a dark street in Rome There is a violent storm raging, with thunder and lighasca is in a very agitated mastly and fean that the gods are determined to destroy the world. He recounts to Cicero the ghastly sights he has witnessed which were a slave with his hand on fire but remains unscorched, a rampant lion near the Capitol and an owl, omen of evil, hooting and shrieking at noon in the marketplace. The more intelligent Cicero makes light of Casca’s narration and goes away just as Cassius makes his entry.
Cassius is least affected by this terrible night. He has walked about baring his chest to the storm as if challenging the heavens to harm him. He feels that these strange happenings are to such an extreme degree that it seems that the gods have willed them so that they might serve as a warning to some coming disaster and that the storm is symbol of warning aganist some monstrous evil.
He cleverly takes advantage of the storm and directs it towards Caesar. He tells Casca that Rome has allowed Caesar to become powerful and regrets that Romans have become willing slaves to Caesar’s ambitions who have neither the strength nor any self-respect to be able to counter his ambitions. He induces Casca whose mind is already troubled to join the conspiracy against Caesar. Cassius informs him that various other noble-minded citizens have already joined the honourable-dangerous enterprise. They will meet that night at Pompey’s porch.
They are joined by Cinna who is assigned the duty of leaving anonymous letters at prominent places for Brutus to find and read. He goes away, promising to join them soon. Cassius tells Casca that Brutus is almost won over to join the conspiracy and that before the night ends, he intends to win over this honourable man entirely to their cause. Casca is pleased as Brutus has an honourable position and sits high in people’s hearts.
Workbook MCQs :
1. There is a
a. violent storm raging
b. strong wind raging
c. full moon in the sky
d. black cloud in the sky
Answer:- a. violent storm raging
2. Who is the first person that Casca meets?
a. Cassius
b. Cicero
c. Cinna
d. Brutus
Answer:- b. Cicero
3. Who is greatly agitated and terror-struck?
a. Cicero
b. Casca
c. Cassius
d. both Casca and Cicero
Answer:- b. Casca
4. Who is unmoved by the raging storm?
a. Casca
b. Cassius
c. Cicero
d. Cinna
Answer:- b. Cassius
5. For Casca, the storm is a
a. sign from the gods above to warn mankind
b. sign that the gods are happy with human beings
c. not an ordinary one
d. sign from the gods that makes him uneasy
Answer:- a. sign from the gods above to warn mankind
6. The common slave held up his left hand which was
a. burning like twenty torches held together
b. full of sores
c. burning like two hundred torches held together
d. red and aflame
Answer:- a. burning like twenty torches held together
7. Where did the bird of night hoot and shriek?
a. the Senate House all day long
b. Caesar’s house in the morning
c. the market place at noon
d. in the Capitol in the evening
Answer:- c. the market place at noon
8. Casca was terrified to see a heap of
a. ten thousand ghastly women
b. a hundred ghastly women
c. burning bodies
d. garbage
Answer:- b. a hundred ghastly women
9. Which of the following options is NOT true about an owl’s cry?
a. annoying
b. sign of good luck
c. unsettling to the mind
d. frightening
Answer:- b. sign of good luck
10. When Casca exclaims about the terrible night, how does Cassius respond?
a. it is a pleasant night to men with a clear conscience
b. it is indeed a horrible night
c. it is a pleasant night for brave men like him
d. he too is terrified
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11. Who does Cassius compare this dreadful night with?
a. Brutus
b. Caesar
c. himself
d. with Casca
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12. When Cassius says, Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius, he means that
a. he will commit suicide.
b. he will not be a slave to Caesar.
c. he will give himself up to Caesar.
d. he will withdraw from public life
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13. Cassius feels that Caesar would never have become so powerful if
a. he had not defeated Pompey’s sons in battle
b. the Roman people were not so weak and submissive
c. the people had not made him their god
d. Pompey had been alive
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14. What did Casca fear that the Senate intended to do?
a. to remove Caesar
b. to establish Caesar as a king
c. to stop Caesar from growing powerful
d. to assassinate Caesar.
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15. Both Cassius and Casca are sure that once Brutus joins them against Caesar, it would
a. make the conspiracy against Caesar a noble one in the eyes of the people.
b. be sure that they will be able to kill Caesar.
c. make sure that Brutus does not side with Caesar.
d. not allow Caesar to be able to become king.
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16. Choose the option that lists the sequence of events in the correct order.
1. An owl, considered to be evil, hooted and shrieked at noon in broad daylight.
2. The terrified Casca has seen a common slave’s left hand on fire without him feeling the heat.
3. He saw a group of hundred ghastly women looking terrified having seen men aflame walk up and down the street.
4. A lion glared at Casca but left without attacking him.
a. 1, 2, 4, 3
b. 4, 2, 1, 3
c. 1, 3, 4, 2
d. 2, 4, 3, 1
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Workbook Questions :
Question No: 1
CASSIUS — Now know you, Casca, I have moved already
Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans
To undergo with me an enterprise
Of honourable-dangerous consequence;
1. What assurance has Casca just given Cassius that he can be trusted?
Answer:- Casca has just assured Cassius that, he is a trusted man who never betrays a friends’ confidence. He has given him his hand that he is fully prepared to join the conspiracy to redress the wrongs.
2. How does Casca prove true to his word when the conspirators are about to kill Caesar later on?
Answer:- It is Casca who gives the first stab to Caesar later on when the conspirators have gathered around Caesar to kill him.
3. Who in particular are the ‘noblest-minded Romans’? Write two sentences about them.
Answer:- The noble-minded Roman alluded to, is Brutus who is acclaimed by all as noble and honourable. Brutus was considered Caesar’s friend. He was a respectable official of Rome and beloved of the people.
4. Explain what is this ‘enterprise’. Why is it an ‘honourable-dangerous’ consequence?
Answer:- This ‘enterprise’ is the conspiracy, a plot to kill Caesar in order to save the country from tyranny. It was ‘honourable’ because it was supposed to be noble and for republicanism. But it was full of dangerous consequences as it could lead to the civil strife which is considered very dangerous for any country.
5. Who joins the two men now? What task has he been given?
Answer:- The two men Cassius and Casca are joined by Cinna. He has been given a paper and asked to put it in the chair where Brutus sits so that he reads it.
Question No: 2
Now could I, Casca, name to thee a man
Most like this dreadful night,
That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars
As doth the lion in the Capitol,
1. Who is the speaker? Which man is the speaker hinting at?
Answer:- Cassius speaks these lines to Casca. The speaker is hinting at Caesar.
2. How does Cassius blame the Romans for their submissive attitude?
Answer:- The Romans are now more inspired by their mother’s spirits and the manner. So they are weak and timid like women. They are ready to submit to oppression.
3. How does Cassius compare the men to themselves?
Answer:- Cassius compares the man (Julius Caesar) to him and his associates. He believes that that man is not superior to them, but he has become extraordinary and terrible.
4. In what way has this man grown ‘prodigious’ and ‘fearful’ like these strange eruptions?
Answer:- Cassius wants to convey that the man (Caesar) is in no way superior to him or others. It is the people who have given him undue importance and undeserved honours that have made him threatening and fearful.
5. How does Cassius use the storm to obtain a commitment from Casca? What is the commitment?
Answer:- Cassius refers to the stormy weather to equate it with their enterprise which is ‘bloody, fiery and terrible.’ He wants Casca to commit his loyalty to their cause, justified by the stormy heavens.
Question No: 3
CASSIUS-I know where I will wear this dagger then;
Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius:
Therein, ye gods, you make the weak most strong;
Therein, ye gods, you tyrants do defeat:
1. What are Cassius’ fears that make him say that he would kill himself?
Answer:- Cassius fears that if Caesar is crowned, the latter will behave like a tyrant. In that case, the Romans will be treated as slaves, whereas he himself is concerned he will kill himself with the dagger than submit to slavery.
2. Explain:
‘Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius’.
Answer:- Cassius will in no case submit to Caesar’s slavery. He will liberate from any bondage by killing himself. To him death is honourable to slavery.
3. How have the gods made the weak strong and defeated tyrants?
Answer:- The gods have inspired the weak to stand against the tyrants fearlessly. By taking cudgels against the tyrants even the weak have defeated the designs of the tyrants.
4. How has Cassius boosted the courage of Casca a little earlier?
Answer:- Cassius is very shrewd. He stirs the spirit of Casca by saying that the strong men of the day have lost their manly qualities and have embraced women’s spirits.
5. How has Cassius portrayed himself to be a lover of freedom and a true Republican?
Answer:- Cassius has portrayed himself as very courageous, fearless and a lover of liberty, ready to fight for republicanism. He is ready to die for the noble cause.
Question No: 4
CASSIUS — And why should Caesar be a tyrant then?
Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf,
But that he sees the Romans are but sheep:
He were no lion, were not Romans hinds
1. How are the Romans to be blamed for Caesar becoming a tyrant?
Answer:- According to Cassius the Romans are themselves to be blamed for Caesar’s growing powers and the consequent tyranny. Caesar is behaving like a lion because the Romans have become sheep, timid or spineless.
2. How does Cassius show the weaknesses of the Romans after the extract to raise Caesar to his glory?
Answer:- Cassius tries to emphasise the point that the Romans are like the waste stuff, dirt or refuse and they deserve to be treated the way Caesar is treating them.
3. How does Cassius draw Casca into the conspiracy by playing on the latter’s emotions?
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4. How does Casca assure Cassius of his support?
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5 How does Cassius instill a sense of encouragement in Casca in joining the conspiracy? Who are the people waiting for them in Pompey’s Porch?
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Question No: 5
CASSIUS-Am I not stay’d for? tell me.
CINNA-Yes, you are. O Cassius, if you could
But win the noble Brutus to our party-
1. What does Cassius give Cinna after the extract? What task does Cassius assign to Cinna?
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2. Where is Cinna to go after completing the task? How is Cassius confident about Brutus joining the conspiracy?
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3. Why is Casca also keen on Brutus joining the conspiracy?
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4. What does Cassius hope for at the end of the scene? Who has Cassius been able to influence so far? What is their common aim?
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5. What time of night is it? Who are they to awaken?
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