Read the excerpt from julius caesar, act 1, scene 2.

casca. i know not what you mean by that, but i am sure265
caesar fell down. if the tag-rag people did not
clap him and hiss him, according as he and
them, as they use to do the players in
the theatre, i am no true man.

brutus. what said he when he came unto himself? 270

casca. marry, before he fell down, when he perceived the
common herd was glad he refused the crown, he
plucked me open his doublet and offered them his
throat to cut. an i had been a man of any
occupation, if i would not have taken him at a word,275
i would i might go to hell among the rogues. and so
he fell.

which prediction about the plot does this passage most support?

a. caesar will be crowned king.
b. caesar will assassinate casca.
c. caesar will die of a horrible illness.
d. caesar will be killed by his people