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Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? for CAT 2025 is part of CAT preparation. The Question and answers have been prepared according to the CAT exam syllabus. Information about Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for CAT 2025 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, meanings, examples, exercises and tests below for Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. 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Solutions for Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? in English & in Hindi are available as part of our courses for CAT. Download more important topics, notes, lectures and mock test series for CAT Exam by signing up for free.

Here you can find the meaning of Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. Besides giving the explanation of Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Directions: The passage below is followed by a question based on its content. Answer the question on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones;So let it be with Caesar. The noble BrutusHath told you Caesar was ambitious:If it were so, it was a grievous fault;And grievously hath Caesar answered it.Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest,For Brutus is an honourable man;Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.He was my friend, faithful and just to me:But Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.He hath brought many captives home to Rome,Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;And Brutus is an honourable man.You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambitious?Yet Brutus says he was ambitious:And, sure he is an honourable man.I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,But here I am to speak what I do know.You all did love him once – not without cause:What cause withholds you, then, to mourn for him?O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts.And men have lost their reason! – Bear with me;My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it came back to me.But yesterday the word of Caesar mightHave stood against the world: now lies he there,And none so poor to do him reverence.O masters, if I were disposed to stirYour hearts and minds to mutiny and rage,I should do Brutus wrong; and Cassius wrong,Who, you all know, are honourable men:I will not do them wrong; I rather chooseTo wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you,Than I will wrong such honourable men.But here’s a parchment with the seal of Caesar,I found it in his closet, –‘ tis his will:Let but the commons hear this treatment,Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read,And they would go and kiss dead Caesar’s wounds,And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;Yea, beg a hair of him for memory.And, dying, mention it within their will.Q.The poet thinks that Brutus is an honourable man.a)Agreeb)Disagreec)Strongly agreed)Strongly disagreee)IndeterminateCorrect answer is option 'B'. 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