12th English Unit 1 Online Test – Old Book

Explanation:- In this scene, Mark Antony makes a speech to lament for the death of Julius Caesar and praises his character. So it is called an Eulogy

Explanation:- Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime minister of India after the assassination of  Gandhiji on Jan30- 1948 , addressed the nation late evening in All India Radio. It is often cited as one of the greatest speech in history

Explanation:- Brutus on killing Caesar, justified the act of killing by saying to the people of Rome that, he killed Caesar because he loved people of Rome more and the people have get a good king. He said that he feared that Caesar would not be a good king to Rome.

 Explanation:- Brutus on killing Caesar, justified the act of killing by saying to the people of Rome that, he killed Caesar because he loved people of Rome more and the people have get a good king

Explanation:- Antony starts his speech praising Brutus but actually he is accusing  Brutus. So it is satiric way of praising a person but in reality, he puts down the person

Explanation:- It is Brutus, Casca and Cassius all three planned to assassinate Caesar.

Explanation:- The scene starts with the Brutus speech, justifying his killing of Caesar and then Mark Antony’s speech which makes Romans to understand that Caesar is a good man

Explanation:- Brutus speech was so good that people of Rome believed him and were supposed to erect statue for the goodness he has done to Rome by killing Caesar

Explanation:- Brutus was shocked to get assassinated but the most unexpected shock came when his most trusted friend Brutus stabbed him. That made him die with a broken heart.

Explanation:- Brutus accused Caesar of being ambitious man. But Mark Antony refused the statement by saying, Caesar cried when the poor cried and he was never ambitious- as he rejected the crown three times when it was offered.

Explanation:- It is the famous speech of the play Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Mark Antony’s funeral speech at Caesar’s death

Explanation:- Brutus on killing Caesar, justified the act of killing by saying to the people of Rome that, he killed Caesar because he loved people of Rome more and the people have get a good king. He said that he feared that Caesar would not be a good king to Rome.

Explanation:- Brutus was shocked to get assassinated but the most unexpected shock came when his most trusted friend Brutus stabbed him. That made him die with a broken heart. He said “You too Brutus” and died. It is a famous phrase used to mean betrayal by a trusted person

Explanation:- Calpurnia is wife of Caesar. She had a bad dream in which she saw Caesar’s body being stabbed many times. So she warned him not to go to the senate house. But Caesar did not listen to her

Explanation:- Before Caesar went to the senate house, an astrologer also warned him of the planned assassination and an evil happening to occur.

Explanation:- Knowing the injustice happened to Caesar, Mark Antony who loves Caesar so much begs Brutus and other assassinators to make a speech at Brutus’ funeral

Explanation:- Brutus was the most favourite person of Caesar and most trusted person. Caesar loved Brutus so much, said Mark Antony to the crowd. And it was Brutus who made the unkindest cut of all.

Explanation:- These words are said by Mark Antony about brutal assassination of Julius Caesar by Brutus in Act III and Scene 2

Explanation:- Julius Caesar won the battle of pompey and returned Rome. But few people like Brutus, Casca and Cassius did not want the pride to get into the minds of Caesar and they thought that Caesar was ambitious so they killed him

Explanation:- Caesar trusted Brutus so much but he stabbed him from back and betrayed him. So he is known as traitor

Explanation:- Mutiny means revolt or against something or someone

Explanation:- OPAC helps to locate the particular book by name and author

Explanation:- Subject- Name or proper noun, Verb- action. Here all others are in SV pattern and Brutus-Subject, Stabbed- Verb, Caesar- O(Object)

Explanation:- He- Subject, Taught- Verb in action, Me- Direct object, Hindi- Indirect object. When it answers who?- it is Direct object. When it answer what?- it is Indirect object

Explanation:- The lesson= Subject; Is- Verb; Interesting= Complement. Without Complement the sentence will not give meaning and will not be completed

Explanation:- The poet says, great people are example to each one of us, that we can elevate our life to great height

Explanation:- Henry Wadswoth Longfellow was an American poet of 19th century

Explanation:- The sound S, and G repeats and so it is called alliteration

Explanation:- The great men teach us to leave the legacy and name, footprint behind for the others to follow

Explanation:- One should bury the past, as it will not be useful and lead to progress

Explanation:- One should not think of past or future ,rather act in present and have faith in God 

Explanation:- The poem is very motivating that poet advises the readers to act at present and achieve success

Explanation”- There is no death for the soul says the poet. Soul is constant and only human body perishes

Explanation:- One should not think that life is but a dream. Life is full of opportunities and one should not die without achieving something in life

Explanation:- The poet says that life is like a battle fields and humans are like soldiers facing the battle. So we should face life like a hero rather than being lazy and losing hope

Explanation:- The word ‘Bivouac’ – mean- anything that is temporary . The poet says life is temporary on earth. So one should not waste time without achieving something

Explanation:- We may not know what will happen in future. It is not fixed. So it is useless to keep so much faith in future. Rather one should live in the present and best use the present time

Explanation:- This phrase is taken from biblical reference which says men come from dust and return to dust

Explanation:- A young man tells his opinion about life to a psalmist

Explanation:- The lines are from the poem “A Psalm of Life” by HW Longfellow 

Explanation:- The poet says one should not be just dumb and driven by someone like how cattle is being driven. Rather one should be self driven and act in present to achieve something in life

Explanation:-Oscar wilde was an Irish poet and playwright

Explanation:- The giant did not allow the children to play in his garden. He was so selfish that he did not want the children to enjoy his garden’s beauty

Explanation:- Nature would want the children to play with the trees and grasses. When the children stopped coming to garden, the trees felt sad so it did not blossom

Explanation:- The winter and coldness- is related to dull and lazy atmosphere. In opposite, the spring that gives flowers and fruits gives happy atmosphere

Explanation:- The giant in order to prevent the children from coming to his garden, he built a high wall around his garden and also kept a no entry board before his garden

Explanation:- When the children stopped coming to the garden, the nature itself did not bloom. So the giant was extremely sad 

Explanation:- The giant was so happy to find spring setting in his garden and he realised that it’s because the children came to play again in his garden, the spring came to his garden

Explanation:- When the giant saw the spring came to his garden only when the children came to play in his garden, he realised his mistake

Explanation:- When the whole garden was blooming with flowers and fruits, the giant saw a little boy weeping under a tree. Since the child did not sit on the tree and played with it, there was no spring only in that area

Explanation:- When the giant helped the little boy to make sit on tree, he hugged and kissed the giant out of happiness. This made the giant feel very happy

Explanation:- The giant longed to meet the little boy for so many years. All children came to play in his garden except the little boy. So when he saw him second time after years with wounds in his hands and feet, he was angered and felt like trashing the person who ever caused this wound to the little boy

Explanation:- When the giant became selfless and kind to all, the Lord was impressed with him and felt that he is qualified to be taken to paradise

Explanation:- The children found the giant dead one day. When the giant turned out to be a good person, the God took him to live with him in  paradise

Explanation:- The story selfish giant revolves around the themes- selflessness, love, kindness

Explanation:- Antony starts his speech praising Brutus but actually he is
accusing Brutus. So it is satiric way of praising a person but in reality, he puts
down the person