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BRUTUS. What means this shouting? I do fear
the people
Choose Caesar for their king.

CASSIUS. Ay, do you fear it?
Then must I think you would not have it so.

BRUTUS. I would not, Cassius, yet I love him
well.

–The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,
William Shakespeare

Read the passage. Why is Brutus hesitant to join Cassius’s plot against Caesar?

Brutus loves Caesar, and they are good friends.
Caesar can give Brutus power and wealth.
Brutus thinks that Caesar is a great ruler.
Brutus and Caesar are relatives.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"Brutus loves Caesar, and they are good friends."

The passage shows Brutus is torn: he fears Caesar becoming king but hesitates because of his personal affection for Caesar ("I would not, Cassius, yet I love him well"), so his friendship/love makes him reluctant to join the plot. The other choices (power/wealth, thinking Caesar is a great ruler, being relatives) are not supported by this excerpt.