Which speaker mentions the sword that ran through Caesar's bowels and asks another to plunge it in his chest?

• A. Brutus
• B. Antony
• C. Cassius
• D. Octavius

Answer: (C)

The thing this line tests is recognizing who uses stark, violent imagery to connect Caesar’s murder with his own impending death. In Julius Caesar, Cassius is the conspirator who frequently speaks in blunt, unflinching terms about killing and fate. When he recalls how Caesar was stabbed, he invokes the same brutal act to set up his own end: he wants a sword to end his life and asks his servant to plunge it into his chest. That combination—calling back the sword that pierced Caesar and then directing someone else to drive the blade into him—fits Cassius’s practical, grim outlook and his role as the one orchestrating or acknowledging the violent acts around him. Brutus is capable of similar grave imagery, but this particular moment is consistent with Cassius’s voice and his plan for how his story should end. Antony and Octavius operate in different registers, focused on public response and political power rather than the intimate, fatal imagery of this scene.