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Answer the following question by ticking the correct options.
Caesar's reference to the senators as 'graybeards' shows his ……….
Options
confidence
cowardice
arrogance
ambition
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Solution
arrogance
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But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar;
I found it in his closet, 'tis his will:
Let but the commons hear this testament--
Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read--
And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds
a) Who speaks these words? Where is the speaker at this moment?
b) What are the contents of Caesar's will that he is referring to?
c) Why does the speaker read Caesar's will to the citizens?
d) What is the reaction of the listeners to the reading of the will?
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But speak all good you can devise of Caesar,
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