Which list names the conspirators?

• A. Decius, Metellus Cimber, Brutus, Casca, Cassius, Cinna, Trebonius
• B. Pompey, Brutus, Cassius
• C. Brutus, Antony, Cassius
• D. Decius, Cinna, Pompey, Lepidus

Answer: (A)

You're being asked to name the conspirators who plotted Caesar's murder in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. The group that joins Brutus and Cassius includes Casca, Decius Brutus, Metellus Cimber, Cinna, and Trebonius. These characters actively participate in the plot and help carry out the assassination in the Senate, with Decius Brutus persuading Caesar to go to the Senate, Casca delivering the first stab, and Trebonius distracting Antony.

Pompey, Antony, and Lepidus are not part of the conspiracy to kill Caesar; Pompey is Caesar’s rival who is dead, Antony is Caesar’s ally who opposes the conspirators later, and Lepidus is a later political ally, not a conspirator in the murder. The listed seven names are the actual conspirators, so that option is the correct one.