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Read the passage, then answer the question that follows.
[ANTONY.] The evil that men do lives after
them;
The good is oft interrèd with their bones.
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious.
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man,
So are they all, all honourable men—
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me.
But Brutus says he was ambitious,
And Brutus is an honourable man.

–The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,
William Shakespeare

Which statement best modernizes the first two lines of the passage?

Evil seems to be a living thing, and we remember evil and forget good acts.
The evil that people do lives after them, and the good that they do is also remembered.
Evil exists in all our lives, but people forget good acts, and bury goodness like bones.
The evil that men do is remembered, but the good they have done is often buried with them.

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Answer:

The evil that men do is remembered, but the good they have done is often buried with them.

Explanation:

According to the given excerpt, Antony makes a speech at the funeral of Caesar and he talks about how good of a man Caesar was, even though he mentioned that the evil men do live after them. He spoke of how the "noble" Brutus described the late Caesar as an ambitious man, and that he believes Brutus's words, even though Caesar was his friend.

Therefore, the modern meaning of the first two lines of the passage means that the evil that men do is remembered, but the good they have done is often buried with them.

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