Question

read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar cassius am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. what is cassius’s motivation for sending the messages? ○ cassius wants to make sure that brutus is willing to obey his orders. ○ cassius wants to have roman citizens read messages about brutus’ greatness. ○ cassius wants to sway brutus with flattering messages to convince him to help kill caesar. ○ cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.

Explanation:

Cassius's goal is to recruit Brutus to the conspiracy against Caesar. He plants flattering, anonymous messages to make Brutus believe the Roman people support him taking action against Caesar, thus swaying Brutus to join the plot to kill Caesar. The other options are incorrect: he does not want Brutus to obey orders, he does not want citizens to read the messages (they are for Brutus alone), and he is not alerting Brutus to the conspiracy against him but trying to draw him into it.

Answer:

Cassius wants to sway Brutus with flattering messages to convince him to help kill Caesar.