View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the speaker in Act 4's eleventh scene say the associated army shall be?
(a) Fierce.
(b) Tired.
(c) Violent.
(d) Still.

2. Who brings a basket to Cleopatra?
(a) A guard.
(b) Charmian.
(c) A clown.
(d) Dolabella.

3. Whom does Caesar send to Antony to implore him to surrender in the first scene of the final act?
(a) Dolabella.
(b) Proculeius.
(c) Agrippa.
(d) Mecaenas.

4. Where does Enobarbus seek to die?
(a) The Nile.
(b) A ship.
(c) A bed.
(d) A ditch.

5. Who accompanies Antony into his camp in Act 4, Scene 5?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Enobarbus.
(c) Eros.
(d) Canidius.

6. Whom does Cleopatra say she and her companions shall make proud to take them?
(a) Antony.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Jove.
(d) Death.

7. What may be held in the location to which the speaker and company go in Act 4, scene 11?
(a) The best advantage.
(b) A fitting death.
(c) A temporary strategic asset.
(d) A number of hostages.

8. Who brings news to Antony that Cleopatra is not dead?
(a) Scarus.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Dercetas.
(d) Mardian.

9. In whose arms does Mark Antony die?
(a) Cleopatra's.
(b) Diomedes's.
(c) His guards'.
(d) Scarus's.

10. Who is speaking in Act 4, Scene 11?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Antony.

11. For whom does Antony call at the end of Act 4's twelfth scene?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Eros.
(d) Scarus.

12. Who enters the stage bleeding in Act 4, Scene 7?
(a) Agrippa.
(b) Antony.
(c) Scarus.
(d) Eros.

13. To where does Cleopatra go after Antony departs to battle near the city of Alexandria?
(a) Her ship.
(b) The desert.
(c) Her chamber.
(d) The field.

14. How many soldiers are present in Act 4, Scene 9?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

15. Of what animal of Thessaly does Cleopatra speak?
(a) The snake.
(b) The lion.
(c) The boar.
(d) The manticore.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antony compare to the spirit of a youth who "means to be of note," in Act 4, Scene 4?

2. Whom does Caesar put in the van of his attack against Antony at Alexandria?

3. Whose hand does Antony clasp in Act 4, Scene 8?

4. What does Antony call the work of a soldier in war?

5. What is the Greek name for "holy Phoebus" to whom Antony refers?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 359 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample