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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. Whom does Antony command to kill him?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Eros.
(d) Mardian.

2. How does the speaker in Act 4's eleventh scene say the associated army shall be?
(a) Fierce.
(b) Tired.
(c) Still.
(d) Violent.

3. Of what animal of Thessaly does Cleopatra speak?
(a) The snake.
(b) The boar.
(c) The manticore.
(d) The lion.

4. Who goes to make Caesar's will regarding Antony known to the troops?
(a) Alexas.
(b) Canidius.
(c) Agrippa.
(d) Enobarbus.

5. To what spurned suicidal lover of Roman lore does Antony refer?
(a) Octavia.
(b) Ceres.
(c) Dido.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is speaking in Act 4, Scene 11?

2. What happens to Cleopatra after Antony's death, in Act 4, Scene 15?

3. What decision does Antony lament to the solider who greets him in the fifth scene of the fourth act?

4. How many soldiers speak in Act 4, Scene 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Enobarbus say he will seek out a ditch in which he may die?

2. What is indicated by Cleopatra's refusal to come down to Antony in Act 4, Scene 15?

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

4. How does Caesar gain an advantage by holding his land forces still?

5. How does the course of the battle change in Act 4, Scene 10?

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

7. What does Enobarbus reveal about Caesar in Act 4, Scene 6?

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

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

10. How does the news of Cleopatra's death affect Antony's actions?

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