Question

Mark Antony tells the crowd that he dared not read aloud the will to them because ______.

Options

• they will be very disappointed

• they will be angry with him

• there would be mutiny and bloodshed

• there would be too much merry making

Answer 1

Mark Antony tells the crowd that he dared not read aloud the will to them because there would be mutiny and bloodshed.

Explanation:

Antony claims that Caesar’s will would make the citizens so angry that mutiny and bloodshed might follow. This is a deliberate strategy to arouse curiosity. The crowd becomes desperate to hear the will and turns against the conspirators.