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Class- CWSH 1
English- UNIT 10_JULIUS CAESAR ACT 4 SCENE 1
Date:
ASSIGNMENTS
Multiple Choice Questions:
1. In Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, how does Antony
feel about having his nephew killed?
a. He is sad, but he feels it is necessary.
b. He doesn't care at all.
c. He is horrified.
d. He is afraid.
2. In Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, what does Antony
want to do with Caesar's will?
a. Make sure it is carried out
b. Destroy it completely
c. Try to get out of it more money for himself
d. Use it to show he should be the next king
3. What are Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus doing?
a. Plotting to murder Brutus
b. Compiling a list of their political enemies
c. Planning to spark a civil war
d. Making plans to go into exile
4. What does Antony send Lepidus to "fetch"?
a. Antony's dagger
b. The soothsayer
c. Caesar's will
d. Calphurnia
5. What are Antony's plans for Lepidus?
a. To use him for his political ends then cut him off
b. To kill him
c. To falsely accuse him of treason and have him executed
d. To reward him with a high position in the government
6. Where are Brutus and Cassius and what are they doing?
a. In Greece, raising an army
b. In prison, plotting their escape
c. In Venice, in exile and staying away from politics
d. At Caesar's tomb, gathering others to plot a coup
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Extract Based Questions:
This is a slight, unmeritable man,
Meet to be sent on errands. Is it
fit,
The threefold world divided, he should stand
One of the three to share it?
a. Who is the ‘man’ referred to? Who is the speaker? Where is the
scene taking place?
Ans: The man referred to is Lepidus.
Antony is the speaker.
The scene is taking place in Rome, in a room in Antony’s house.
b. Where has the speaker sent this ‘man’ and why?
Ans: The speaker has sent this ‘man’ to Caesar’s house to fetch his will as
he wants to figure out how he can reduce some of the expenditure in legacies/
a way to reduce his bequests to the Roman people.
c. What does this reveal of the speaker’s character?
Ans: He seems to be greedy and power-hungry and someone who goes back
on his promises.
d. Why did the speaker pick this ‘man’ as one of the new leaders of Rome?
Ans: The speaker picked this ‘man’ as one of the new leaders of Rome to
take away some of the slanderous blame from them. They will let him carry
these honours like a jackass carries gold - groaning and sweating the load,
either led or pushed, as directed by them. Once he has carried their treasure
where they want it, they will free him of the load and turn him loose like a
jackass to shake his ears and graze in the public pastures.
e. What does the speaker compare the ‘man’ to? What does Octavius
think of the ‘man’?
Ans: The speaker compares the ‘man’ to his own horse and calls him an
animal to be trained and used.
He considers him an experienced and honourable soldier.
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