Download Question Banks ICSE Class X English (Julius Caesar)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:-

• Where are the Speakers? Who is Pindarius? What report does Messala wish to convey to Brutus? [3]
• Earlier in this scene, where does Cassius send Titinius? Why? [3]
• What does Cassius then ask Pindarus to do? What reason does he give for doing so? [3]
• What report does Pindarus convey to Cassius that upsets him? What mood does he fall into?
• Was he right in blaming himself? Give a reason to justify your answer. [3]
• Immediately following this extract what two noble gestures does Titinius perform? At the end of the scene, what arrangements does Brutus make for Cassius?
  What reason does he give for doing so? [4]
• Where are the speakers? What 'arrangement' is Arthur talking about? What goes wrong with this 'arrangement' later in the play? [3]
• What are the various illnesses that Arthur suffers from and how does it affect him? [3]
• What does Arthur do now by way of celebration? Who is the family solicitor who joins them? What had he been, at one time? [3]
• Later in the scene, Catherine speaks out against the authorities of the Naval College at Osbome. Why is she so indignant? [3]
• Arthur Winslow is a good father who wants the best for his children Dickie and Catherine. Give two examples each from the play to prove this statement true. [4]