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( Updated For ICSE 2026 Session )
Table of Contents
Workbook Summary :
PLOT DEVELOPMENT-MOB FURY
Cinna the poet is on his way to attend Caesar’s funeral. The night before, he had dreamt that Caesar had invited him to dinner. He is in a disturbed state of mind because a dream such as this (the dead Caesar inviting a living person to be with him) was considered to bring bad luck. He has no wish to walk about in the streets, but some urgent impulse has pulled him outdoors.
He is stopped by the furious mob and is asked several questions pertaining to what his name is, where he is going, his address, and whether he is married. He is precise and tells them that he is unmarried. The second citizen takes his reply as an offence because he and his friends actually are bent upon picking a quarrel. He tells the mob that he is going to attend Caesar’s funeral and they ask him whether he is going there as a friend of Caesar’s or to rejoice at his death. When they ask him his name and he says that his name is Cinna, the mob assumes that he is Cinna, the conspirator and cry out, ‘Tear him to pieces!’ His protests that he is Cinna, the poet and not the politician have no effect upon the blood thirsty mob and he is lynched to death. – What cruel comedy!
The mob then rushes out to set fire to the houses of Brutus, Cassius, Decius, Casca and Ligarius, among other conspirators. Thus, what Mark Antony had predicted ‘blood and destruction’ has come to pass in this scene.
Workbook MCQs :
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Cinna?
a. he is a poet
b. he is not one of the conspirators
c. he is attacked by the mob
d. he is going to Caesar’s funeral to celebrate his death
Answer:- d. he is going to Caesar’s funeral to celebrate his death
2. What does Cinna dream of?
a. having a feast with Caesar
b. having a fight with Caesar
c. Caesar urgently calling him
d. Caesar walking with him
Answer:- a. having a feast with Caesar
3. What does the fourth citizen ask Cinna?
a. his name
b. his address
c. whether he is a bachelor or married
d. whether he has come out for a walk
Answer:- c. whether he is a bachelor or married
4. The first citizen now wants to know whether Cinna is going for Caesar’s funeral as
a. as a friend
b. as an enemy
c. as a friend or as an enemy
d. as his admirer
Answer:- c. as a friend or as an enemy
5. Cinna tells the fourth citizen that he lives.
a. quite a distance away from the Capitol
b. opposite the Capitol
c. near the Capitol
d. behind the Capitol
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6. Trouble mounts for Cinna when the third citizen wishes to know his
a. name
b. age
c. address
d. Marital status
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7. The first citizen mistakes Cinna the poet for……….
a. Cinna the conspirator
b. Cinna the soldier
c. Cinna, Caesar’s friend
d. Cinna, the soothsayer
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8. When Cinna tells the second citizen that he is unmarried, the citizen seems to be offended because he feels that………..
a. it is the same as saying that those who marry are fools
b. it is the same as saying that those who marry are wise
c. Cinna is lying
d. Cinna is actually one of the conspirators
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9. These citizens are trying to find fault with whatever Cinna says because they are…………
a. pulling his leg
b. trying his patience
c. bent upon picking a quarrel
d. testing him
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10. The mob lynches poor Cinna to death because he
a. was a poet
b. was walking on the street
c. had the same name as Cinna, one of the conspirators.
d. was unmarried.
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Workbook Questions :
Question No: 1
Third Citizen – Your name, sir, truly.
CINNA-Truly, my name is Cinna.
Second Citizen – Tear him to pieces! He’s a conspirator.
1. Who is Cinna in the scene? Where is he going?
Answer:- Cinna is a poet. He is wandering aimlessly on the street.
2. What makes the mob furious with him? What does this show about the mob?
Answer:- The mob becomes furious when he tells that his name is Cinna. This shows that mob has neither brain nor sentiments. Mob works on impulse.
3. Cinna was asked four questions by the mob. What were they?
Answer:- He was asked – what his name was, where he was going, where he lived and if he was married or single.
4. Besides the answer given in the extract, what are the other three answers he gives to the mob?
How does the mob react to his answers?
Answer:- He tells the mob that he is going to Caesar’s funeral, he is going as a friend, and he is a poet. The mob gets enraged because his name is Cinna which is the name of one of the conspirators. They kill him for his bad name.
5. Where does the mob go at the end of the scene? What is the significance of this scene? What character traits of the mob are portrayed in this scene?
Answer:- They go to the houses of Brutus, Cassius, Decius Brutus, Casca and Ligarius to burn them down.
This scene is very significant as it throws light on mob mentality. Mob has no brain, no reason, no sentiment. It only acts on impulse.
Question No: 2
Fourth Citizen – It is no matter, his name’s Cinna; pluck but
his name out of his heart, and turn him going.
1. What has Cinna tried to clarify before the fourth citizen says the above lines?
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2. Why is it enough for the speaker that ‘his name’s Cinna’?
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3. Is it logical when the speaker instructs the others to ‘just pluck his name out of his heart? Would Cinna be alive after his name is plucked ‘out of his heart?
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4. Why do you feel that the above lines are an example of terrible comedy?
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5. What is your opinion with regard to the Roman mob? State your reasons.
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