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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1 | Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Antony told concerning his wife in the play's second scene?
(a) Her coming to him.
(b) Her re-marriage.
(c) Her giving birth.
(d) Her death.

2. What literally are "wassails" as used by Caesar to describe Antony's behavior?
(a) Foreign travels.
(b) Lustful endeavors.
(c) Whinings.
(d) Revelries.

3. What does Cleopatra insist Charmian give her to drink at the last scene of Act 1?
(a) Mandragora.
(b) Milk.
(c) Wine.
(d) Poisoned grape juice.

4. To whom does Enobarbus speak in the first part of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Antony.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Agrippa.

5. Who does Antony say is approaching the ports of Rome in the play's first act?
(a) Octavius.
(b) Lepidus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Sextus Pompeius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, in the play's beginning, is the "tawny front" upon which Antony has turned his view?

2. What, according to Enobarbus, ails Lepidus after the meeting with Pompey?

3. What game do Cleopatra and Mardian almost play to pass the time while she waits to hear of Antony?

4. Pompey relates to Mark Antony the coming of whom to Sicily?

5. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?

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