Read the passage and then answer the question: Do you have what it takes to be a doctor? Expect to spend
four years in college studying biology or another science
as part of your pre-med path. Then expect several more
years of study to earn your advanced degree. Even then, no
one is going to call you a doctor. You have to complete a
residency before you can even think about setting up your
own practice.
Which sentence best describes the message of the passage?
O A. Few people understand what it is like to be a doctor.
O B. No one really knows the qualifications to be a doctor.
O C. There are other fields besides medicine that pay well.
D. Becoming a doctor is difficult and time consuming.

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. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.