Cassius's best friend who kills himself because Cassius is dead?

• A. Cassius
• B. Titinius
• C. Brutus
• D. Lepidus

Answer: (B)

This question tests your knowledge of the endgame in Julius Caesar—the close bonds between characters and how loyalty drives tragedy. Titinius is a trusted friend and officer of Cassius. In the final act, after misreads and the heat of battle, Cassius believes Titinius has been captured and killed, so he kills himself. When Titinius returns alive and then discovers Cassius dead, he cannot bear to live without his friend and kills himself as well. This moment underscores themes of loyalty, honor, and the costly human toll of civil war. The other figures listed have different fates in the play, so Titinius is the one who dies as a response to Cassius’s death.