The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 1: Applying Reading Strategies
Question 3 • [ELA10] ELA 10, Sem 2 (26-27)
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2.CASSIUS. Ay, do you fear it?Then must I think you would not have it so.BRUTUS. I would not, Cassius; yet I love him well.But wherefore do you hold me here so long?90What is it that you would impart to me?If it be aught toward the general good,Set honour in one eye and death i’th’ other,And I will look on both indifferently;For let the gods so speed me as I love95The name of honour more than I fear death.
Answer
A
Cassius will die.
B
Rome will be destroyed.
C
Brutus will kill Caesar for the good of Rome.
D
Brutus will choose life before honor.
Explanation
Brutus says that if Cassius’s request serves “the general good,” he will weigh honor and death “indifferently,” because he values honor more than he fears death. This suggests he would accept even a deadly act if he believed it benefited Rome, which points to Brutus killing Caesar for Rome’s good. The passage does not say Cassius will die or that Rome will be destroyed.
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