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

2. Of whom does Cleopatra report dreaming in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Herself.
(b) A god.
(c) Emperor Antony.
(d) Caesar.

3. Whom does Cleopatra say she and her companions shall make proud to take them?
(a) Jove.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Antony.
(d) Death.

4. Who accompanies Cleopatra to her destination in Act 4, Scene 13?
(a) Eros.
(b) Antony.
(c) Mardian.
(d) Charmian.

5. What does Antony call the work of a soldier in war?
(a) The great test.
(b) A gruesome drudergy.
(c) A daily labor.
(d) The royal occupation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Caesar says that the news of Antony's death is tidings enough to wash the eyes of whom?

2. How many lines are there in Act 4, Scene 11?

3. For whom does Antony call at the end of Act 4's twelfth scene?

4. To where does the speaker in Act 4, Scene 11, say the speaker and company must go?

5. Of what animal of Thessaly does Cleopatra speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cleopatra tell Mardian to inform Antony that she has died?

2. What happens to Enobarbus after his speech in Act 4, Scene 9?

3. How does Antony react to the desertion by Enobarbus?

4. What characterizes Enobarbus' speech which he calls upon the moon to witness?

5. What is meant by Charmian's statement that "The soul and body rive not more in parting / Than greatness going off"?

6. For what reason does Caesar seek to preserve the life of Cleopatra after hearing that Antony has died?

7. To what end does Cleopatra commit herself, and why, after Antony has died?

8. What does Antony say will happen to Cleopatra if she does not vanish after his fleet has betrayed him?

9. How has the battle gone so far, in Act 4, Scene 7?

10. What purpose does Act 4, Scene 3 serve, with its interlude of unnamed, minor characters?

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