TNPSC General English - Drama Famous Lines Character Quotes
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Beware of ideas of March told soothsayer (astrologer) to
- (a)
Caesar
- (b)
Cassius
- (c)
Casea
- (d)
Brutus
"Why man, he doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus" who bitterly comments to Brutus about Caesar's growing power and influence in the dialogue?
- (a)
Casca
- (b)
Cassius
- (c)
Cicero
- (d)
Mark Antony
"It was Greek to me" - Casca's comment about a speech by -------------
- (a)
Brutus
- (b)
Mark Antony
- (c)
Cicero
- (d)
Cassius
'You too Brutus' asked by
- (a)
Caesar
- (b)
Casca
- (c)
Mark Antony
- (d)
Cicero
"O, Pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth" who apologises to Caesar's dead body?
- (a)
Mark Antony
- (b)
Casca
- (c)
Cicero
- (d)
Brutus
"Not that I loved Cassar less, but that I loved Rome more" said by
- (a)
Mark Antony
- (b)
Brutus
- (c)
Cassius
- (d)
Casca
'There is a tide in the affairs of Men' quoted by
- (a)
Caesar
- (b)
Brutus
- (c)
Antony
- (d)
Cicero
'There's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony' said by
- (a)
Brutus
- (b)
One of the Citizen
- (c)
Cicero
- (d)
Casca
"He was noblest Roman of them all" - Antony praises the dead --------------
- (a)
Brutus
- (b)
Caesar
- (c)
Cassius
- (d)
Cicero
"Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men" said by
- (a)
Antony
- (b)
Casca
- (c)
Cicero
- (d)
Brutus
"As he was valiant, I honour him; but as he was ambitious, I slew him" said by Brutus - He refers to
- (a)
Mark Antony
- (b)
Julius Caesar
- (c)
Cassius
- (d)
Cicero
"For Brutus is an honourable man" said by
- (a)
Cicero
- (b)
Mark Antony
- (c)
Cassius
- (d)
Amelius Lepidus
"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him" said by
- (a)
Brutus
- (b)
Cassius
- (c)
Antony
- (d)
Octavius
Who of the following belongs to 'triumvirs'?
- (a)
Octavius
- (b)
Amelius Lepidus
- (c)
Brutus
- (d)
Mark Antony
At the battle of Philippi, who killed himself with his sword
- (a)
Antony
- (b)
Brutus
- (c)
Octavius
- (d)
Cassius
| Names | Characters |
| a) Antony | 1. Wife of Julius Caesar |
| b) Brutus | 2. Cousin of Julius Caesar |
| c) Octavius Caesar | 3. Military Commander of Rome |
| d) Calphunia | 4. Conspirator |
- (a)
a b c d 3 4 2 1 - (b)
a b c d 1 2 3 4 - (c)
a b c d 2 1 4 3 - (d)
a b c d 4 3 1 2
| Name | Life period |
| a) Julius Caesar | 1. 88 B.C - 13 B.C |
| b) Mark Antony | 2. 85 B.C - 42 B.C |
| c) Marcus Brutus | 3. 83. B.C - 30 B.C |
| d) Octavius Caesar | 4. 100 B.C - 44 B.C |
- (a)
a b c d 1 2 3 4 - (b)
a b c d 4 3 2 1 - (c)
a b c d 3 4 1 2 - (d)
a b c d 2 1 4 3
"The sooth, I know not why I am so sad, It wearies me; you say it wearies you" said by whom?
- (a)
Antonio
- (b)
Salerio
- (c)
Solanio
- (d)
Gratiano
"Your mind is tossing on the Ocean" said by whom?
- (a)
Solanio
- (b)
Bassanio
- (c)
Salerio
- (d)
Antonio
"God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man" quoted by
- (a)
Nerissa
- (b)
Portia
- (c)
Shylock
- (d)
Duke
"The quality of mercy is not strained It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven" quoted by
- (a)
Portia
- (b)
Shylock
- (c)
Nerissa
- (d)
Antonio
"My deeds upon my head!" said by whom?
- (a)
Bassanio
- (b)
Shylock
- (c)
Portia
- (d)
Antonio
"You have too much respect upon the world; They lose it what do by it with much care"
- (a)
Gratiano
- (b)
Bassanio
- (c)
Antonio
- (d)
Salerio
"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano a stage where every man must play a part, and mine a sad one" said by
- (a)
Salerio
- (b)
Solania
- (c)
Antonio
- (d)
Bassanio
"I like not fair terms and villain's mind" said by
- (a)
Bassanio
- (b)
Antonio
- (c)
Shylock
- (d)
Solanio
"One drop of Christain blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of venice, confiscate Unto the State of Venice" said by
- (a)
Portia
- (b)
Shylock
- (c)
Antonio
- (d)
Bassanio
"What, must I hold a candle to my shames?"
- (a)
Lorenzo
- (b)
Morocco
- (c)
Jessica
- (d)
Nerissa
"There is no power in the tongue of man" said by
- (a)
Duke
- (b)
Portia
- (c)
Antonio
- (d)
Shylock
The ---------- were ruthless moneylenders during the Shakespeare's times
- (a)
Jews
- (b)
Christians
- (c)
Romans
- (d)
Asians
Match
| a) Antonio | 1. Doctor of laws |
| b) Bassanio | 2. Money lender |
| c) Portia | 3. Merchant of venice |
| d) Shylock | 4. Antonio's friend |
- (a)
a b c d 3 4 1 2 - (b)
a b c d 1 2 3 4 - (c)
a b c d 1 3 4 1 - (d)
a b c d 4 1 2 3
