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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. Who brings a message from Antony to Cleopatra at the end of the first act?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Alexas.
(c) Enorbarbus.
(d) Iras.

2. Against what does Caesar warn Antony in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Imperial ambition.
(c) Reckless violence.
(d) Loving too dearly.

3. What is the "Tiber" to which Antony refers at the beginning of the play?
(a) A river.
(b) The underworld.
(c) A mountain range.
(d) A region.

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

5. In praising Antony, Cleopatra says in Act 2, Scene 5, she has dispraised whom?
(a) Antony.
(b) Herself.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Pompey.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of "dolorous" as used by Antony in line 39 of Act 4, Scene 2?

3. Whose presence does Enorbarbus say must puzzle Antony?

4. Where is Antony reported as being, by Caesar, in Act 3, Scene 6?

5. To whom does the triumphant victor in the first scene of Act 3 speak?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Under what condition would Caesar grant lands in Sicily to Mark Antony?

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

5. What is the significance of the discussion between Enobarbus and Agrippa in the first part of Act 3, Scene 2?

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

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

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

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

10. For what reason does Cleopatra fly into a rage in the fifth scene of the second act?

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