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

It is true that he needed money very badly, but what was twenty rupees when measured against the intense satisfaction of a small job done with perfection and dedication?

(c) What does the word 'measured' mean in the above context?

OR

This was the unkindest cut of all;

For when the noble Caesar saw him stab

Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms,

Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart;

(c) Why did it break Caesar's heart?

 

Answer:

(c) The word 'measured' means marked by due proportion.

OR

(c) It broke Caesar's heart because Brutus was his friend and an honest Roman. His blow was an unexpected one.