Question

cassius: why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world
like a colossus, and we petty men
walk under his huge legs and peep about
to find ourselves dishonorable graves.
men at some time are masters of their fates:
the fault, dear brutus, is not in our stars,
but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
brutus and caesar: what should be in that \caesar\?
why should that name be sounded more than yours?
write them together, yours is as fair a name;
sound them, it doth become the mouth as well;
weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with em,
brutus will start a spirit as soon as caesar.
now in the names of all the gods at once,
upon what meat doth this our caesar feed,
that he is grown so great? age, thou art shamed!
rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!
when went there by an age, since the great flood,
but it was famed with more than with one man?
when could they say till now, that talked of rome,
that her wide walls encompassd but one man?
now is it rome indeed, and room enough,
when there is in it but one only man.
oh, you and i have heard our fathers say,
there was a brutus once that would have brookd
th eternal devil to keep his state in rome
as easily as a king.

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu.
read the excerpt from julius caesar by william shakespeare. which statement best expresses how cassius advances the
plot in this excerpt?
cassius expresses
that he would be a better ruler
his wish to lead rome
that \cassius\ is a better name
his displeasure for caesar as a ruler
to convince brutus

Explanation:

Cassius questions Caesar's superiority. He points out that they are both ordinary men ("Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Colossus, and we petty men / Walk under his huge legs"). He also implies that his name ("Cassius") could be as good as Caesar's ("Why should that name be sounded more than yours?"). This shows his belief that he could be a better ruler.

Answer:

that he would be a better ruler