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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. Where is Pompey's house that serves as the setting for the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Florence.
(b) Rome.
(c) Messina.
(d) Alexandria.

2. Who does Antony report has made new wars against Pompey?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Enobarbus.

3. With what does Caesar reward his army in the beginning of Act 4?
(a) Gold.
(b) Honor.
(c) Land.
(d) A feast.

4. To whom does Caesar compare Octavia's return to Rome?
(a) A thief.
(b) A queen.
(c) A market-maid.
(d) A corpse.

5. Whose ship hoists its sail and flies, "like a cow in June"?
(a) Antony.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antony say was tied to Cleopatra's rudder "by the strings"?

2. Who accompanies Pompey to the meeting with the triumvirs?

3. How does Caesar respond to Antony's challenge?

4. At whose house does Act 2, Scene 2 unfold?

5. When does Caesar say he will attack after receiving Antony's challenge?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Menas propose to make Pompey the ruler of the world?

2. Why does Enobarbus tell Menas that that which has caused amity between Caesar and Antony will likewise "prove the immediate author of their variance"?

3. What does the sight of Thyreus kissing Cleopatra's hand provoke in Mark Antony?

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

5. For what reason does Cleopatra send Alexas to Italy?

6. For what reason does Ventidius claim he leaves some soldiering undone?

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

8. For what reasons are tensions brewing between Antony and Caesar in Act 3, Scene 4?

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

10. What characterizes the reports that the messenger gives to Cleopatra of Octavia?

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