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Table of Contents
Workbook Summary :
PLOT DEVELOPMENT-ATROUBLED PORTIA
This scene takes place in the street in front of Brutus’ house on the Ides of March in the morning. Portia instructs Lucius to quickly run to the Senate House without delay. She is so full of anxiety that she is unable to specify the errand for which she wants him to go there. So he stands there wanting to know what errand she is sending him for. Praying for mental strength that she should not reveal anything, she invents an excuse and tells him to go and observe his master whether he appears well, to note what Caesar is doing and who are the people around him.
Portia is so agitated in her mind that she hears imaginary sound coming from the Capitol but Lucius assures her that it is not so.
A soothsayer interrupts Portia and Lucius. Portia asks the soothsayer to give her some news. She wants to know whether the soothsayer has been to the Capitol and if Caesar has gone to the Capitol or not. She asks the soothsayer here if he has a favour to ask from Caesar. The soothsayer says that he has a favour to ask from Caesar which is very personal. Portia’s fears increase as she hears of the soothsayer’s intent and she loses her self-control. She admits that a woman’s heart is weak when she learns that the soothsayer is not aware of the conspiracy. She almost faints with relief. She is worried if Lucius has heard her as he looks at her suspiciously. She gives him the excuse that Brutus has a written request which Caesar may not grant. She instructs Lucius to go to Brutus and give her best wishes to him and then return to her.
Workbook MCQs :
1. What day and time is it?
a. it is 14th February and the time is eight o’clock in the morning
b. it is the Ides of March and the time is 9.00 a.m.
c. it is the day after Caesar’s assassination and the time is 7.00 a.m.
d. it is the day before Caesar’s assassination and it is early morning.
Answer:- b. it is the Ides of March and the time is 9.00 a.m.
2. Portia is standing with Lucius
a. on the street in front of her house
b. on the street in front of Lucius’ house
c. on the street in front of the Senate
d. on the street in front of Cassius’ house
Answer:- a. on the street in front of her house
3. Portia tells Lucius to
a. make haste and run to the Senate House
b. to take a leisurely walk to the Senate House
c. to run behind the Senate House
d. to run past the Senate House
Answer:- a. make haste and run to the Senate House
4. Lucius being confused wants to know
a. should he just run to the Senate House and run back?
b. who should he meet there?
c. what should he say there?
d. where should he stand there?
Answer:- a. should he just run to the Senate House and run back?
5. The reply Portia gives Lucius at this time shows
a. how forgetful she is
b. how tensed and worried she is
c. how she wants to get rid of Lucius
d. how relaxed she is feeling
Answer:- b. how tensed and worried she is
6. When Portia says, ‘Set a huge mountain ‘tween my heart and tongue!’ she means to stop herself from
a. shouting
b. blurting out Brutus’ secret
c. expressing her anger
d. getting excited
Answer:- b. blurting out Brutus’ secret
7. ‘How hard it is for women to keep counsel’ means that
a. it is not easy for women to keep a secret
b. it is difficult for women to share a secret with others
c. it is not that hard for a woman to keep a secret
d. secrets are meant to be shared
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8. Portia is so anxious that in her imagination she seems to hear
a. Brutus calling out to her
b. the sounds of people rushing about in the Capitol
c. the sounds of an approaching storm from the Capitol
d. the Soothsayer calling out to her
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9. Portia and Lucius are interrupted by the
a. conspirators
b. soothsayer
c. Artemidorus
d. Brutus
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10. When Portia says, ‘The heavens speed thee (you) in thine(your) enterprise,’ she is referring to:
a. Julius Caesar
b. her husband, Brutus
c. The Soothsayer
d. Lucius
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11. Which of the following statement is NOT true of Portia?
a. she is a loving wife to him
b. she is a caring wife to him.
c. she has no feelings for her husband.
d. she prays that her husband be safe
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12. Choose the option that lists the sequence of what Portia tells herself in the correct order.
1. How hard it is for a woman to keep counsel
2. O constancy, be strong upon my side
3. I have a man’s mind but a woman’s might
4. Set a huge mountain ‘tween my heart and tongue.
a. 1,2,4,3
b. 3,4,2,1
c. 2,4,3,1
d. 4,2,1,3
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Workbook Questions :
Question No: 1
LUCIUS – Madam, what should I do?
Run to the Capitol, and nothing else?
And so return to you, and nothing else?
PORTIA – Yes, bring me word, boy, if thy lord look well,
For he went sickly forth: and take good note
What Caesar doth, what suitors press to him.
Hark, boy! what noise is that?
LUCIUS-I hear none, madam.
PORTIA – Prithee, listen well;
I hear a bustling rumour, like a fray,
And the wind brings it from the Capitol.
1. Where are Portia and Lucius? Who is Lucius? Why is he confused?
Answer:- Portia and Lucius are in Brutus’ house. Lucius is Brutus’ trusted friend. He is confused because he does not know what he is supposed to do because Portia has told him to go to the Capitol and come back soon.
2. Why is Portia so tensed?
Answer:- Portia is tense because she is extremely disturbed at heart about Brutus and the success of his plan to murder Caesar.
3. Just before the extract, what had she uttered about ‘a man’s mind’ and ‘a woman’s body’?
Answer:- She had earlier uttered that she had a man’s brain but in other respects she was as weak as a woman because it is very difficult for women to keep a secret.
4. Why is Portia worried about Brutus? How has Brutus added to her anxiety?
Answer:- Portia is worried about Brutus because Brutus and the conspirators have hatched a very dangerous plot to murder Caesar. Brutus added to her anxiety by telling her about this plan.
5. What other instructions were given to Lucius?
Answer:- Portia had instructed Lucius to bring her the word if Brutus was well. She also told Lucius to take note of what Caesar was saying and what the visitors were pressing upon Caesar to do.
Question No: 2
PORTIA – Thou hast some suit to Caesar, hast thou not?
Soothsayer-That I have, lady
1. Where does Portia meet the soothsayer? What are Portia ‘s fears regarding the soothsayer?
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2. What is the importance of the soothsayer? Why is this day significant?
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3. What does the soothsayer want to tell Caesar? Why does he wish to get for himself a ‘place more void’?
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4. What is meant by the ‘throng’? What are the ‘throng’ about to witness? How is Portia’s character portrayed in the scene?
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5. What instructions does Portia give Lucius?
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