Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :

But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,

And say you do it by our permission;

..... ..... ..... .....

(a) Identify the speaker.

(b) Who is being granted permission ?

(c) What is the speaker afraid of ?

(d) What opinion do you form of the speaker ?

OR

“You must make your public happier :

Give them something, sharper, snappier.

We must aim for better billings.”

(a) Identify the speaker of the above lines.

(b) Who does ‘we’ refer to ?

(c) What must be done for ‘better billings’ ?

(d) What trait of the speaker’s character is revealed through the above lines ?

a) These lines are spoken by Marcus Brutus.
b) In these lines Mark Antony is being granted permission. This is the permission to give funeral speech at the market place.
c) The speaker is afraid that the people might criticize or instigate the conspirators. They may incite or sway the mob. Also they may enrage or provoke the mob.
d) The speaker Marcus Brutus is an honorable man of principles. He is a poor judge of character. The speaker has high regard for Antony and trusts him. In spite of Cassius's objection, he allowed Antony to take Caesar's body and give funeral speech. However, for being cautious, he put certain conditions before Antony to which he agreed.

OR

a)These lines are spoken by the Frog.

b) ‘We’ here refers to the Frog and the Nightingale.
c) For ‘better billings’ one should give them something which makes the public happier. Here the nightingale could implement the following ways for better billings:
make her song sharper and snappier
make her song better
practice for longer hours
add trills and frills
sing with a style and passion.
d) The speaker’s character revealed through the above lines are as follows:
money-minded
dominating
manipulative
shrewd
worldly-wise
greedy
selfish
insensitive
uncaring