Julius Caesar MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 10 English Literature Reader (Communicative) Book Chapter 13
Julius Caesar MCQs of Class 10 English Chapter 13, by William Shakespeare have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 13 Julius Caesar from CBSE Class 10 English Literature Reader (Communicative) Book. Each question has four options.
For Correct Answers, see the answer key given at the end of the post.
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Q1. Who wrote the play ‘Julius Caesar’?
A. William Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. William Keats
D. All of these
Q2. Cassius instigated a conspiracy to murder _______
A. Caesar
B. Antony
C. Brutus
D. None of these
Q3. The play is set in _____
A. Vienna
B. Greece
C. Rome
D. France
Q4. Where is Caesar murdered?
A. in the battlefield
B. at the foot of Pompey’s statue
C. at his house
D. in the streets of Rome
Q5. Caesar refuses the crown that was offered to him by ____
A. Brutus
B. Mark Antony
C. Cassius
D. None of these
Q6. Who is Julius Caesar’s wife?
A. Ralpurnia
B. Balpurnia
C. Salpurnia
D. Calpurnia
Q7. Who said: “ When beggars die, there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”
A. Caesar
B. Calpurnia
C. Antony
D. Brutus
Q8. What does ‘augurer’ mean?
A. a priest
B. a person who is scared of the future
C. a person who predicts or foretells future events
D. none of these
Q9. Caesar compares himself to a ________
A. Lion
B. Elephant
C. Flower
D. Fountain
Q10. As per Calpurnia, what excuse should be made for Caesar’s absence?
A. he is out of station
B. he is not interested
C. he is unwell
D. he is busy
Q11. Who visits Caesar to accompany him to the Senate-house?
A. Antony
B. Cassius
C. Cimber
D. Brutus
Q12. Who had a nightmare?
A. Caesar
B. Brutus
C. Calpurnia
D. None of these
Q13. Who interpreted that the dream was a fair and fortunate vision?
A. Decius Brutus
B. Julius Caesar
C. Calpurnia
D. All of these
Q14. Who said: “I must prevent thee, Cimber.
These couchings and these lowly courtesies
Might fire the blood of ordinary men,
And turn pre-ordinance and first decree
Into the law of children.”
A. Decius Brutus
B. Julius Caesar
C. Calpurnia
D. All of these
Q15. Who was banished?
A. Metellus Cimber
B. Brutus
C. Cassius
D. Publius Cimber
Q16. “I spurn thee like a cur out of my way”. What is a ‘cur’?
A. cat
B. dog
C. snake
D. wolf
Q17. Who out of the following is NOT one of the supporters for repeal of Publius Cimber’s banishment?
A. Decius Brutus
B. Mark Antony
C. Cassius
D. Metellus Cimber
Q18. Caesar says that he is constant as _____
A. the Sun
B. the northern star
C. the Moon
D. all of these
Q19. Who is the first to stab Caesar?
A. Brutus
B. Casca
C. Cassius
D. Cinna
Q20. Whose stab is the most fatal for Caesar?
A. Brutus
B. Cinna
C. Cassius
D. None of these
Q21. ‘bear me hard’ means-
A. bear a grudge against someone
B. bear a loss
C. owe money to someone
D. none of these
Q22. ‘reek’ means-
A. buy
B. stench
C. bury
D. steal
Q23. ‘Corse’ means-
A. corpse
B. marry
C. happy
D. sad
Q24. Who said: “ I blame you not for praising Caesar so;
But what compact mean you to have with us?”
A. Brutus
B. Ceasar
C. Antony
D. Cassius
Q25. “compact” means-
A. small
B. agreement
C. divine
D. none of these
Q26. Find a synonym for ‘pulpit’.
A. dias
B. brain
C. drain
D. gem
Q27. Who permits Antony to speak from the pulpit?
A. Cassius
B. Brutus
C. Cimber
D. Calpurnia
Q28. Who speaks from the pulpit before Antony?
A. Cassius
B. Brutus
C. Cimber
D. Calpurnia
Q29. Who said: “O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.”
A. Brutus
B. Ceasar
C. Antony
D. Cassius
Q30. Identify the Greek goddess of revenge-
A. Bathe
B. Ate
C. Gate
D. Late
Q31. Antony reads _______ will
A. Brutus’
B. Caesar’s
C. Cassius’
D. Antony’s
Q32. Who said : “With this I depart,–that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself,”
A. Brutus
B. Ceasar
C. Antony
D. Cassius
Q33. “The good is oft interred with their bones” means
A. The bones are good
B. the good acts get buried with one’s bones
C. great men do no good acts
D. great men do not have bones
Q34. “Hath” means-
A. hand
B. has
C. hide
D. none of these
Q35. Who is fled to ‘brutish beasts’?
A. men
B. judgement
C. nobility
D. none of these
Q36. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
Bear means-
A. an animal
B. a drink
C. patience
D. plead
Q37. What would the Romans ask for as a memory of Caesar?
A. a strand of his hair
B. a piece of flesh
C. his eye
D. his dress
Q38. Hearing the will of Caesar would make the Romans ________
A. sad
B. glad
C. mad
D. none of these
Q39. Treason means –
A. reason
B. threat
C. betrayal
D. none of these
Q40. Who stirs the Romans to mutiny?
A. Brutus
B. Ceasar
C. Antony
D. Cassius
Q41. Antony claims not to be _____ as Brutus is.
A. a murderer
B. valiant
C. an orator
D. an augurer
Q42. Caesar’s wounds are –
A. dumb mouths
B. speaking mouths
C. crying faces
D. screaming lips
Q43. The citizens vow to burn the house of ______
A. Brutus
B. Ceasar
C. Antony
D. Cassius
Q44. What did Caesar give to every Roman?
A. 50 drachmas
B. 75 drachmas
C. 70 drachmas
D. 100 drachmas
Q45. What is drachma?
A. a currency
B. silver coin
C. gold coin
D. brass coin
Q46. Which river is mentioned in the play?
A. Nile
B. Niger
C. Tiber
D. None of these
Q47. Who said: “ Here was a Caesar! when comes such another?”
A. a citizen
B. Antony
C. Brutus
D. none of these
Q48. ‘Afoot’ means-
A. walking
B. started
C. having feet
D. none of these
Q49. Who is Octavius?
A. Antony’s nephew
B. Julius Caesar’s nephew
C. Julius Caesar’s brother
D. none of these
Q50. Where do the armies clash after Caesar’s death?
A. Pompey
B. Philippi
C. Naples
D. Thasos
Answer key
| 1 | B | 26 | A |
| 2 | A | 27 | B |
| 3 | C | 28 | B |
| 4 | B | 29 | C |
| 5 | B | 30 | B |
| 6 | D | 31 | B |
| 7 | B | 32 | A |
| 8 | C | 33 | B |
| 9 | A | 34 | B |
| 10 | C | 35 | B |
| 11 | D | 36 | C |
| 12 | C | 37 | A |
| 13 | A | 38 | C |
| 14 | B | 39 | C |
| 15 | D | 40 | C |
| 16 | B | 41 | C |
| 17 | B | 42 | A |
| 18 | B | 43 | A |
| 19 | B | 44 | B |
| 20 | A | 45 | B |
| 21 | A | 46 | C |
| 22 | B | 47 | B |
| 23 | A | 48 | B |
| 24 | D | 49 | B |
| 25 | B | 50 | B |
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