Question

What were Julius Caesar’s dying words?

Options

• ‘Caesar, now be still...’

• ‘Et tu brute? Then fall Caesar!’

• ‘This is the most unkindest cut of all;’

• ‘By your leave, gods; this is a Roman’s part.’

Answer 1

‘Et tu brute? Then fall Caesar!’

Explanation:

These are Julius Caesar’s well-known final words from William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. When Caesar notices his close friend Brutus among the conspirators stabbing him, he declares this. Caesar gives up fighting and accepts his death after realizing that even Brutus has betrayed him.