Read the excerpt below from Life of Caesar by Plutarch and answer the question that follows.


At Rome, moreover, Caesar won a great and brilliant popularity by his eloquence as an advocate, and much good will from the common people for the friendliness of his manners . . . . He had also a large and gradually increasing political influence in consequence of his lavish hospitality and the general splendour of his mode of life. At first his enemies thought this influence would quickly vanish . . . . [T]he man who is thought to have been the first to see beneath the surface of Caesar’s public policy and to fear it, . . . and who comprehended the powerful character hidden beneath his kindly and cheerful exterior, namely Cicero, said that in most of Caesar’s political plans and projects he saw a tyrannical purpose . . . .




Based on the excerpt above, which statement about Caesar is true?

ACaesar was disliked by the common people.

BCaesar had no desire for a political career.

CCicero believed Caesar had noble political intentions.

DCaesar gained popularity and political influence but also gained enemies during his life.