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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whose "prepared nails" does Antony refer?
(a) Fulvia's.
(b) Octavia's.
(c) Death's.
(d) Cleopatra's.

2. With whom does Antony intend his foot soldiers to stay in Act 4, Scene 10?
(a) Caesar's foot.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Caesar's ships.
(d) Himself.

3. With whom has Antony's most recent deserter been discovered in Act 4, Scene 5?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Octavia.

4. What does Agrippa command his men to do in Act 4, Scene 7?
(a) Advance.
(b) Retreat.
(c) Disperse.
(d) Besiege the city.

5. Who is it revealed has deserted Antony in Act 4?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Enobarbus.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Canidius.

6. Where does Caesar say Cleopatra will be buried?
(a) Beneath the city.
(b) In Rome.
(c) In the sea.
(d) By Antony.

7. What decision does Antony lament to the solider who greets him in the fifth scene of the fourth act?
(a) To fight at sea.
(b) To challenge Caesar.
(c) To seek out Cleopatra.
(d) To fight at land.

8. What happens to Cleopatra after Antony's death, in Act 4, Scene 15?
(a) She dies.
(b) She wails uncontrollably.
(c) She faints.
(d) She sits motionless.

9. What sort of men does Antony lament his poor fortunes have corrupted?
(a) Cowardly men.
(b) Brave men.
(c) Those already corrupt.
(d) Honest men.

10. Whom does Caesar send to speak to Cleopatra after hearing of Antony's death?
(a) Proculeius.
(b) An Egyptian.
(c) Dercetas.
(d) Dolabella.

11. To where do the soldiers carry Enobarbus's body?
(a) Caesar's tent.
(b) Caesar's ship.
(c) The walls of Alexandria.
(d) The court of guard.

12. Whom does Cleopatra send to Antony with false report of her death?
(a) Eros.
(b) Charmian.
(c) Mardian.
(d) Iras.

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

14. Whom does Antony command to kill him?
(a) Eros.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Mardian.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Antony foreshadow by telling Eros that they must sleep, after Mardian delivers news of Cleopatra's death?

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

4. How does the speaker in Act 4's eleventh scene say the associated army shall be?

5. How many soldiers are present in Act 4, Scene 9?

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