Third plebeian: your name, sir, truly. cinna the poet: truly, my name is cinna. first plebeian: tear him to pieces! he’s a conspirator! cinna the poet: i am cinna the poet, i am cinna the poet! fourth plebeian: tear him for his bad verses, tear him for his bad verses! cinna the poet: i am not cinna the conspirator! . third plebeian: tear him; tear him! [the plebeians beat cinna the poet] which word describes the character traits of the plebeian mob best? friendly sad cruel kind

To determine the best answer, we need to look at the language that is used in the excerpt you've provided and then we can use process of elimination. The plebeian mob uses words like "tear him to pieces" and "tear him! tear him!" That implies that the answer to your question will most likely be negative. Because of this, we can eliminate friendly and kind from your choices. If they're yelling those invectives, then it is unlikely they are either.

Sad could work as a descriptor, but since they are yelling to tear Cinna apart, it seems unlikely that they are sad about something. There is nothing in that language to imply that they are sad about anything.

Cruel, however, definitely fits since the mob is talking about killing Cinna as they question him about his identity.