Question 5 of 86 • HS BCS Literature and Composition II 25-26
Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 2, scene 2.DECIUS. Caesar, all hail! Good morrow, worthy Caesar. I come to fetch you to the Senate House.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.65 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,70 To be afraid to tell greybeards the truth? Decius, go tell them Caesar will not come.
Answer
A
Caesar’s arms are tired from battle, and he wants to stay home from the Senate.
B
It is ridiculous that a man who has won so many battles would be afraid to tell the truth.
C
A man who is ill should honor how he feels and not lie about it to others.
D
Caesar has grown old and should consider spending more time at home.