Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows:

Caesar
And you are come in very happy time
To bear my greeting to the senators
And tell them that I will not come today.
"Cannot" is false, and that I dare not, falser.
I will not come today. Tell them so, Decius.
Calpurnia
Say he is sick.
Caesar
Shall Caesar send a lie?
Have I in conquest
stretched mine arm so far
To be afraid to tell graybeards the truth?
Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come.

What does this passage reveal about Caesar's character? (10 points)


Caesar has a strength in his desire to be honest.

Caesar is weak and needs the assistance of his wife.

Caesar is overly bold when talking to his servants.

Caesar has a weakness in his inability to listen to others.

Answer 1

The correct answer is option one. Caesar is honest and does not want to tell the senators a lie - that he can not come. Instead, he chooses to say that he will not come, so that there is no need to lie. His wife actually wants him to pretend to be sick. However, Caesar admits that he has done many brave things in battle, and now he is afraid to tell some old men the truth.