Question

CASCA:

Why, there was a crown offered him; and being
offered him, he put it by with the back of his hand,
thus; and then the people fell a-shouting.

BRUTUS:
What was the second noise for?

CASCA:
Why, for that too.

CASSIUS:
They shouted thrice. What was the last cry for?

CASCA:
Why, for that too.

BRUTUS:
Was the crown offered him thrice?

CASCA:
Ay, marry, was’t; and he put it by thrice, every
time gentler than other; and at every putting by,
mine honest neighbors shouted.

put it by – v. Turned it down; refused it.
thrice – adv. Three times.
marry – adv. Indeed.



Summarize the events of the excerpt above.

Answer 1

The man whom they are speaking (I assume Caesar) was offered the crown (a.k.a offered position of King) and he three times refused to accept. Upon each of his refusals the people shouted aloud because they disapproved of his actions.

Answer 2

The object has been offered the title of emperor three times.

Step-by-step explanation:

The excerpt belongs to the Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by English poet William Shakespeare; the play tells the story of Caesar's last days and the plot against his person.

The excerpt, that belongs to Act 1, Scene 2, can be summarized by saying that the person (whose name can be inferred by the context, Julius Caesar) was offered the crown three times but he refused each of them. These actions caused that people shouted and Brutus wants to know the reason.