Question

What is the meaning of the word sterner in line 20 of this speech?
Angrier

Easier

Gloomier

Sturdier

Answer 1

But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.

Answer 2

Probably crappy question but D, right?

Answer 3

sturdier

Answer 4

D is right