Dictatorshipsby Hal Marcovitz(excerpt from “The Rise of Julius Caesar”)Sulla was a brutal and relentless dictator. But one enemy who escaped his wrath was Gaius Julius Caesar. Caesar was born in 100 BCE to a wealthy family. As a nephew of Sulla’s opponent Marius, Caesar found himself on Sulla’s list of enemies. No doubt he too would have been killed, but his family intervened, and Sulla reluctantly spared his life. Next, Sulla ordered Caesar to divorce his wife. Caesar refused and fled the city. He joined a Roman army campaigning in Turkey and did not return until after Sulla’s death in 78 BCE.2Select the correct answer.Which statement best expresses the key idea of the text? A. Julius Caesar refused to obey Sulla and divorce his wife. B. Julius Caesar was an enemy of the dictator Sulla. C. Julius Caesar was born to a wealthy family in 100 BCE. D. Julius Caesar escaped the dictator Sulla several times.

Para seleccionar la respuesta correcta, primero debemos identificar la idea principal del texto. El texto describe cómo Julio César, a pesar de ser considerado un enemigo por el dictador Sulla, logró escapar de su ira en varias ocasiones. A continuación, evaluamos cada opción:

A. "Julius Caesar refused to obey Sulla and divorce his wife." - Esta afirmación es cierta, pero es un detalle específico y no abarca la idea principal del texto.

B. "Julius Caesar was an enemy of the dictator Sulla." - Esta afirmación es cierta, pero no captura completamente la esencia de cómo César escapó de Sulla.

C. "Julius Caesar was born to a wealthy family in 100 BCE." - Esta afirmación es cierta, pero es un detalle biográfico y no la idea principal del texto.

D. "Julius Caesar escaped the dictator Sulla several times." - Esta afirmación resume mejor la idea principal del texto, que es cómo César logró escapar de Sulla en varias ocasiones.

Por lo tanto, la respuesta correcta es:

D. Julius Caesar escaped the dictator Sulla several times.