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Guess Paper – 2009Class – XSubject –English
DETAILED STUDY AND ASSESSMENTAct I Scene 1: The Mob RebukedE. ASSIGNMENTS1 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :Flavius
Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home.Is this a holiday? What, know you not,Being mechanical, you ought not to walk Upon a labouring day without the signOf your profession? Speak, what trade art thou?
First Citizen
Why, sir, a carpenter,
Marullus
Where is thy leather apron, and thy rule?What dost thou with thy best apparel on?You, sir, what trade are you?(i) Who are Flavius and Marullus? Where are they? What are they doing there?Why?Flavius and Marullus are tribunes of Rome. They are in a street in Rome. They arequestioning the comments who gathered in the street. The common people have declaredthemselves a holiday to celebrate the victory of and have been assembled in the Roman Streetto receive triumphal with grandeur. The tribunes are annoyed at the concourses for theircelebrations.(ii)
 
What are the “idel creatures”? Why are they called so? What makes thespeaker to ask if it is a holiday?The two citizens a carpenter and a coole are described idle creatures by one of thetribunes. Flavius is annoyed by the jubilant attitude of the commonness who have declared aholiday to celebrate the triumph of Caesar. Hence, he call them idle creatures, i.e lazy fellowswho have shirked their duties. Havies is alluding a rule is Rome that on working day, themanual workers & artisan should be in their working clothes and curry tools. Hence, 2citizens are in their best apparel violated the decree of Rome.(iii) Give the meaning of the following:(a)
 
Being mechanical Being Manual worker(b)
 
a labouring day a working day(c)
 
Sign of your profession his tools & working clothesPick out from the extract, an example of a “sign” of a profession.They leather apron & they rule(iv)
 
Whom does Marullus address in the last line of the extract? What reply doeshe get? How does he react to the reply?
 
 
In the cast line of this extract Marullus is addressing the cobblee the does not replydirectly. He play with words & say that he is a cobblo. This answer can have 2 meaning. (a) arepairer of shoes or (b) bungle or a spoiler of things. Marullus asks the cobbler to give him adirect reply.(v) What military event has just been concluded? What ingratitude are thecommon people accused of in this scene?As they have cheered pompey earliest, The allusion is to the military defeat of pompey son’s is a wallay ceeasal. Pompey had died earlier is a wal against leasar. Thecommones had gathered to receive the triumplate with fanfare. The same artisan has hailedpompey during his triumphant procession when he was the hero of Roam before the tribunesaccess the people of is gratitude as they are cheering cases now.(vi) Giving an example each, show how Flavius and Marullus are men inauthority. Who among them, do you think, exercises greater authority? Why?From the way is which they treat and speak to the artisan we can construe that bothFlavius and Marullus are men in authority. Marullus donands an explanation from thecarpenter for being dresteel is his best apparel & not carrying his tools Flavius sepals moreauthoritatively than Marullus. He rets the conore’s with high distance & expresses hishostility towards cease inspite of the publics’ obvious admiration for ceaser.
2 Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:Second Citizen
A trade, sir, that I hope I may use with a safe conscience; which is, indeed, sira mender of bad soles.
Marullus
What trade, thou knave? Thou naughty knave, what trade?
Second Citizen
Nay, I beseech you, sir, be not out with me : yet, if you be out, sir, I can mendyou.(i) What is meant y a “trade” ? Of which is the second citizen?A trade means a job or a profession. The second citizen is a cobbler.(ii)
 
Why does the citizen think that he “may use” the trade with a safeconscience?The cobbler is playing with the words ‘ Sole / Soul’. He is a mender a soles / Souls.Soul relates to conscience. Thus, he thinks that he may use the trade with a safe conscience.(iii) What does “naughty knave” mean? What does this expression tell us aboutthe attitude of the Romans towards artisans? Give two more examples of such expressionsfrom the scene.Naughty knave useless fool. The expression shows that the Romans are full of concept for the artisans. The Romans address the communes also as “idle creatures” Andrehes to them as “basest mettle” i.e. lowly characters.
 
 
(iv) Give the double meaning intended in th following expression. Be not out withme: yet, if you be out, sir, I can mend you.Not out with me : do not be angry with me. If you be out 10 it your shoes are wornout. if you have sinned.(i)
 
I can mend you I can repair your shoes(ii)
 
I can improve or reform your character(v)
 
Give two character traits, each with an example, of the common people inthis scene.The commonness have a disrespectful sense of humer as is shown by the cobbler. Heuses a series of purs to answer the fribunes like “ I can end you”, etc. They are sickle minded,they slink away with shame from their celebrations when the tribunes acceese them of ingratitude towards pompey.
3. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home?What tributaries follow him to Rome,To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!O you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey?(i)
 
Who speaks these lines? To whom are these words addressed? What type of rejoioing is referred to in the extract?Marullus adresses these lines to the commoness. The comoness have gathered in thestreets of Rome, is their holiday attire to celebrate and rejoice caesuras triunpb and returnfrom his victory over Ponpey's sons.(ii)
 
Who is 'he' reffered to in the first line of the extract? What message does thespeaker want to convey to his listeners through these questions?In the first line, 'he' refers to Marullus, a pro-democratic and anti- is against being afavourite of the people. Marullus, through his questions, wants to belittle is the eyes of theconnoners and point out that, victory has brought no gain for themselves(iii)
 
What is the conquest refereed to in the extract? Why has the conqueror notbrought any territory to Rome by his conquest?Cesar’s military conquest over popery’s sons is referred here. Moreover,Popery’s sons are both Romans and the war between them is a civil war which doesnot bring new territories or treasure to Rome.(iv) Give the meaning of:What tributaries follow him to Rome,To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?No taxpayers, conquered cheifs, Pollow to Rome, No chiehs on prisoness of war tiedto the chariot of the lonqueror, , pay respect to him.(v) Which custom in Rome is referred to in question (iv) above?It was as Roman lesion that the conquered chiefs are tied with chains the conqueror'schariot what and follow the conqueror during his triumphant procession through the streets of Rome.
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gautammuralidharan

muh mein legA ? faltu hai saala

reply03 / 14 / 2010
Drakkonex

Hmm...why only JC? LOL

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