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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Caesar send to win Cleopatra from Antony?
(a) Dolabella.
(b) Agrippa.
(c) Thyreus.
(d) Menecrates.

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

4. In what isle was Sextus Pompeius "spoil'd" by the account of Caesar?
(a) Sardinia.
(b) Rhodes.
(c) Crete.
(d) Sicily.

5. Who accompanies Pompey to the meeting with the triumvirs?
(a) Canidius.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Varrius.
(d) Menas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose body is borne before the triumphant victor in Parthia?

2. What is the name of the lieutenant of Caesar, who leads his land army?

3. To whom does Enobarbus attribute all the fault of the defeat in battle at Actium?

4. What effect does Antony's odd trick in speaking to his servants produce on the servants?

5. Who does Canidius say he will follow now that the battle of Actium is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do his companions react to Antony's speeches in Act 4, Scene 2?

2. What does Caesar imply by his directions regarding giving the soldiers a feast the night before the battle at Alexandria?

3. What characterizes the responses by Antony's subordinates to his announcement that he will fight Caesar by sea at Actium?

4. How does Cleopatra expose her true self in Act 3, Scene 13?

5. What characterizes Antony's speech after Actium, before Cleopatra arrives, at the palace in Alexandria?

6. Why does Octavius Caesar lament the absence of Mark Antony?

7. In what way does Antony compose himself in Act 4, Scene 2?

8. For what reason does Antony insist upon assailing Caesar by sea at Actium, despite the protestations of his loyal men?

9. What good does Caesar say that Octavia's letters had done, regarding Antony?

10. How does Cleopatra act in Antony's absence?

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