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Comparing Ideas in Speeches — Cumulative exam

Question 20 • [ELA10] ELA 10, Sem 2 (26-27)

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 2, of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar and the information in the paragraph below it.Excerpt:ANTONY. 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 interrèd with their bones.So let it be with Caesar.Background information:"The Evil That Men Do” is the title of a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The lyrics of the chorus say that people’s evil deeds live on.

Answer
A
cultural allusion.
B
literary allusion.
C
historical allusion.
D
religious allusion.

Explanation

The song title and chorus echo Antony’s line in Shakespeare’s play: “The evil that men do lives after them.” Because the reference is to a passage from a work of literature, it is a literary allusion. The answer is literary allusion.

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