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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Antony says he will make who (or what) love him the next time he fights in Act 3, Scene 13?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Enobarbus.
(c) Death.
(d) Honor.

2. According to Canidius, where did Caesar fight Pompey?
(a) Sardinia.
(b) Pharsalia.
(c) The Alps.
(d) Macedonia.

3. Which of the following does Antony NOT command his men to do after his defeat at Actium?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Take his gold.
(c) Make peace with Caesar.
(d) Fly.

4. Which of the following accompanies Pompey at his house?
(a) Demetrius.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Enorbarbus.

5. With what weapon does Cleopatra threaten the messenger from Italy?
(a) A sword.
(b) A knife.
(c) A whip.
(d) A spear.

6. What is the name of Mark Antony's wife?
(a) Charmian
(b) Fulvia.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Iras.

7. Who does Caesar say thrives in the idleness of the triumvirs?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Antony.

8. In praising Antony, Cleopatra says in Act 2, Scene 5, she has dispraised whom?
(a) Antony.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Herself.
(d) Caesar.

9. Where is Antony reported as being, by Caesar, in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Syria.
(d) Athens.

10. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Antony's marriage.
(b) Antony's ailing.
(c) Pompey's victory.
(d) Antony's death.

11. Who brings news to Pompey that Mark Antony is returning to Rome?
(a) Menas.
(b) Silvius.
(c) Varrius.
(d) Menecrates.

12. About what age does the messenger report his guessing of Octavia's age to Cleopatra?
(a) 30.
(b) 25.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

13. Who is Bacchus, as referenced in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The God of Wine.
(b) Cleopatra's Minister.
(c) The God of Dancing.
(d) Ptolemy's assistant.

14. Against what does Caesar warn Antony in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Loving too dearly.
(b) Reckless violence.
(c) Infidelity.
(d) Imperial ambition.

15. What, in the play's beginning, is the "tawny front" upon which Antony has turned his view?
(a) Italy.
(b) War.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action of Thyreus's inspires Mark Antony to have him punished?

2. Upon whose trencher does Antony say he found Cleopatra as a "cold morsel"?

3. Where does Antony, through Euphornius, request to live if Egypt is denied to him by Caesar?

4. When asked by Cleopatra "what shall we do?" in Act 3, Scene 13, what does Enobarbus reply?

5. With whom does Caesar exchange speech in Act 4, Scene 1?

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