Which character speaks the line Do not go forth today. Call it my fear that keeps you in the house, and not your own?

• A. Caesar
• B. Calphurnia
• C. Antony
• D. Casca

Answer: (B)

Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife, speaks this line. She has had a frightening dream and pleads with him not to go to the Senate, insisting that her fear keeps him at home rather than his own lack of caution. The tone is intimate and protective, reflecting a wife trying to shield her husband from danger rather than a public figure urging a political move. This moment also foreshadows the tragedy, since Caesar dismisses her warning and proceeds, linking the line to the collapse of the public world into personal peril. The other characters would not voice this private, domestic warning in that situation, which is why this line belongs to Calpurnia.