The speaker describes the father as a man who "held no pretense". What does this mean?

Question 1 options:

The father is honest and straightforward.

The father is deceptive.

The father is holding nothing in his hands.

The father is quiet and hard-working.

The missionaries who appear in the novel are colonists from britain portugal spain italy

Read the excerpt from act 3, scene 1, of julius caesar. servant. thus, brutus, did my master bid me kneel. thus did mark antony bid me fall down, and, being prostrate, thus he bade me say. "brutus is noble, wise, valiant, and honest. caesar was mighty, bold, royal, and loving. say i love brutus, and i honour him. say i feared caesar, honoured him, and loved him. if brutus will vouchsafe that antony may safely come to him and be resolved how caesar hath deserved to lie in death, mark antony shall not love caesar dead so well as brutus living, but will follow the fortunes and affairs of noble brutus thorough the hazards of this untrod state with all true faith.” so says my master antony

This series of works has captured the imaginations of people all over the world. a. incarcerated c. jailed b. seized d. arrested