Author's Style and Layers of Meaning in Cane — Unit test
Question 2 • *CR English 3 S2 [E3060OX]
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 5, scene 5.BRUTUS. Come hither, good Volumnius. List a word.VOLUMNIUS. What says my lord?BRUTUS. Why this, Volumnius. The ghost of Caesar hath appeared to me Two several times by night—at Sardis once,5 And this last night, here in Philippi fields. I know my hour is come.VOLUMNIUS. Not so, my lord.BRUTUS. Nay, I am sure it is, Volumnius. Thou seest the world, Volumnius, how it goes.10Our enemies have beat us to the pit,[Low alarums]It is more worthy to leap in ourselves Than tarry till they push us.
Answer
A
that Brutus will be killed by his enemies
B
that Brutus will always be haunted
C
that Brutus is considering taking his own life
D
that Brutus and Volumnius will fight
Explanation
Brutus says his “hour is come” and that it is “more worthy to leap in ourselves / Than tarry till they push us.” He means it is better to die by his own choice than wait for his enemies to kill him, so he is considering taking his own life. The correct choice is “that Brutus is considering taking his own life.”
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