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Act 1 Scene 1 MCQ

The document contains multiple choice questions related to the play 'Julius Caesar', focusing on characters, themes, and events from the opening scene. It includes questions about the commoners, their professions, and their attitudes towards Caesar, as well as the actions of characters like Marullus and Flavius. The answers provided indicate a critical view of the common people's fickleness and the political climate in Rome.

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Act 1 Scene 1 MCQ

The document contains multiple choice questions related to the play 'Julius Caesar', focusing on characters, themes, and events from the opening scene. It includes questions about the commoners, their professions, and their attitudes towards Caesar, as well as the actions of characters like Marullus and Flavius. The answers provided indicate a critical view of the common people's fickleness and the political climate in Rome.

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Multiple Choice Questions:

Selectthe correct option for each of the following questions:


1. Flavius calls the commoners
(a) idle creatures (b) foolish artisans
(c) good for nothing fellows (d) carpenters
Ans. (a) idle creatures
2. The second citizens is a
(b) cobbler
(a) carpenter
(d) soldier
(c) chef
Ans. (b) cobbler
3. Marullus addresses the citizens to be
(b) stones
(a) blocks
(c) worse than senseless things (d) all of the above
Ans. (d) all of the above
instructed to
4. Inorder to intermit the plague the commoners are
(a) run to their houses (b) fall upon your knees
(c) weep their tears into the river (d) All of the above
Ans. (d) All of the above
5. Caesar is compared to a
(a) lion (b) falcon (c) raven (d) dove
Ans. (b) falcon
Multiple Choice Questions
Select the correct option for each of the following questions:
1. What is the rule that Marullus refers to?
(a) Workers ought to wear signs of their trade
(b) A carpenter's foot rule.
(c) Citizens should bow before officials
(d) All of the above
Ans. (b) A carpenter's foot rule
2. What sarcastic reason does the cobbler give Flavius for leading citizens on the street?
(a) To get himself more work (b) To rejoice in Caesar's Triumph
(c) To celebrate the feast (d) Both (b)and (c)
Ans. (a) to get himself more work
3. What does the cobbler say to show that he is a master craftsman?
(a) He is a surgeon of old shoes
(b) He mends soles
(c) Every shoe-wearing gentleman has worn his handiwork
(d) He needed more work
Ans. (c) every shoe wearing gentleman has worn his handiwork
Why according to Marullus, would there be a plague?
4.
Dueto the crowding in
the sheets
(a) ingratitude of citizens
Due to the
Duetothe hollow banks of
the Tiber
Due tothe flowers strewn on the way.
(d)
dueto the ingratitudeof the citizens
Ans.(b)
iFlavius consider it necessary to remove allthe decorations with Caesar's statues?
did
5. Why him
a) To turn the people against decorations
new
(b) Toreplace them with
Caesar's ego and popularity
(c) To quell
above.
(d) None of the
I Caesar's ego and popularity
Ans.(c) toquell
According to Marullus for whom had the citizens of Rome waited patiently earlier?
6 (d) Antony
(a) Caesar (b) Brutus (c) Pompey
Ans. (c) Pompey
commoners of Romne to do?
7. What did Marullus ask the
(a) To pray for Caesar's well-being
(b) To run away to their houses
punishment
(c) To pray to God to avert their
() Both (b) and (c)
Ans. (d) both (b) and (c)
to shed tears of remorse?
8. Why did Falviusask the commoners
(a) For the dishonour shown to Pompey
(b) For the rise ofa dictator
(c) For the loss of their liberty
(d) For making Caesar toopowerful
Ans. (a) For the dishonour shown to Pompey
this scene?
9. Which quality of the common man is reflected in
(a) Admiration for Caesar (b) Fickleness
(c) Hatred for Caesar (d) Fear of Caesar
Ans. (a) admiration for Caesar
10. Which type of atmosphere in Rome is seen in Act I, Scene 1 of the plav?
(b) Confusion and Chaos
(a) Peace and happiness
(c) Strife and disunity (d) None of the above
Ans. (a) Peace and happiness
scene?
11, What is the central theme of the play reflected in this
republicans
(a) Conflict between monarchists and
(b) Conflict between anarchy and democracy
(c) Conflict between dictatorship and democracy
(d) None of the above.
ans. (a) conflict between monarchists and republicans
scene of the plav reflects on which of the following causes that led to the
e Openlng
development of the play?
(a) Caesar'striumph over Pompey's sons
(b) Caesar'ssuspicions
(c) Mounting hostilities to Caesar's rule
(d) Fear of Caesar
Ans. (a) Caesar's triumph over Pompey's sons
A. Multiple Choice Questions:
Select the correct option for each of the following questions:
The opening scene of Julius Caesar is in:
(a) The Senate (b) A busy Street (c) Lupercal feast (d) Caesar's palace.

Ans. (b) a busy street


2. Who are the "idle creatures" referred to at the beginning of Act I, Sc. i?
(a) Brutus (b) Marullus (c) Triumvirs (d) Mechanicals
Ans. (d) mechanicals
3. What isthe profession of the first citizen?
(a) Farmer (b) Tailor (c) Cobbler (d) Carpenter
Ans. (d) carpenter
4. Why are the Commoners celebrating in the opening scene?
(a) Caesar defeats Pompey's Sons (b) Caesar is defeated
(c) Antony has won a battle () Flavius and Marullus have lost to Caesar.
Ans. (a) Caesar defeats Pompey's sons
5. Who is referred to as the "cruel men of Rome" by Marullus?
(a) Caesar (b) Antony (c) Commoners (d) Brutus
Ans. (c) commoners
6. Why doFlavius and Marullus drive away the Commoners?
(a) Because plague has infected the city.
(b) Because they disapprove of Caesar's victory and his absolute authority.
(c) Because they think Commoners are just having a holiday.
(d) Because they want to clear the path for Caesar's arrival.
Ans. (b) because they disapprove of Caesar's victory and his absolute authority
trembled underneath"?
7. What is the "Tiber" in "That Tiber
(b) River () Temple (d) Lake
(a) Mountain
Ans. (b) River
mean?
8. What does the term "servile fearfulness"
(a) Fearfulness leading to service (b) Sycophancy
(c) Dying in fear (d) Tostand against fear
Ans. (a) fearfulness leading to service
9. What do the Commoners do as Flavius and Marullus ask them to leave?
(a) They assemble near the Tiber (b) They go to the feastof Lupercal
(c) They vanish from the streets (d) None of the above.
Ans. (c) they vanish from the streets

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