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

2. How does the messenger report the voice of Octavia to Cleopatra?
(a) High.
(b) Squeaking.
(c) Low.
(d) Shrill.

3. Whom does Alexas use as an example in saying that no one would dare not look on Cleopatra when she is ill-pleased?
(a) Herod of Jewry.
(b) Octavius Caesar.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Rameses II.

4. What does Antony, in Act 4, Scene 2's terminal line, say he and his fellows ought to drown?
(a) Woe.
(b) Elation.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Consideration.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is with Caesar in his home in Act 1, Scene 4?

2. From how many messengers does Antony receive news in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. In what isle was Sextus Pompeius "spoil'd" by the account of Caesar?

4. Whom does Caesar send to win Cleopatra from Antony?

5. Who does Caesar say thrives in the idleness of the triumvirs?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does Antony spurn the news that has come from Rome at the play's beginning?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What characterizes the manner with which Cleopatra reacts to Antony's decisions?

9. For what reason does Mecaenas imply that striking Antony while the beleaguered triumvir is in his rage is strategically sound

10. What causes Antony to experience a dramatic change at the play's beginning?

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