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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cleopatra send Olympos to Rome?
(a) To check on Marc Antony's actions.
(b) To spy on Octavian.
(c) To learn their naval procedures.
(d) To deliver news of the twins to Marc Antony.

2. Antony's aide tells Cleopatra that Antony is in a fishing village located in _______________.
(a) Syria.
(b) Trinidad.
(c) Gaul.
(d) Sicily.

3. What name does Cleopatra give to her new son?
(a) Alexander Helios.
(b) Ptolemy the Lesser.
(c) Gaius Marcus.
(d) Marcus Heru.

4. Where do Cleopatra and Antony marry?
(a) Cleopatra's palace.
(b) The Temple of Isis.
(c) Cleopatra's barge.
(d) The Temple at Dendera.

5. What is notable about Mardian?
(a) He is bisexual.
(b) He is a transsexual.
(c) He is a eunuch.
(d) He is gay.

6. What is another issue that Octavia uses to undermine Antony's power in Rome?
(a) His Spanish wife.
(b) His wish to be buried with Cleopatra in Egypt.
(c) His part in the plot to kill Caesar.
(d) His theft from the Roman treasury.

7. Marc Antony tells Cleopatra that Caesar left her out of his will because ______________________.
(a) she was not a Roman.
(b) she was not his wife.
(c) she could take care of herself.
(d) she had betrayed him.

8. As part of Cleopatra's marriage contract with Antony, she now owns land that had once belonged to ___________.
(a) Antony.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Herod.
(d) Octavian.

9. What has happened to Cassius and Brutus?
(a) They were exiled from Rome.
(b) They have been executed.
(c) They are forming an army.
(d) They have resigned as senators.

10. Egyptian commodities of papyrus and __________ are in high demand.
(a) glass.
(b) wine.
(c) diamonds.
(d) gold.

11. Who is Marc Antony's wife at this point?
(a) Fulvia.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Maria.
(d) Agricola.

12. Antony and Cleopatra decide that they need ______________ should Octavian declare war.
(a) a bigger army.
(b) spies.
(c) better weapons.
(d) a navy.

13. What does Cleopatra consult regarding the famine and plague?
(a) Ancient runes.
(b) Tarot cards.
(c) Biblical prophecies.
(d) Oracle at Delphi.

14. What is a common form of execution in Egypt during this time?
(a) Hanging.
(b) Lethal injection.
(c) Beheading.
(d) Asp bite.

15. Who is Marc Antony's new wife?
(a) Octavia.
(b) Phaedra.
(c) Calpurnia.
(d) Cassiopeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Antony plan to ask Octavia for a divorce?

2. What does Cleopatra want Marc Antony to do?

3. What does Cleopatra name her new son?

4. Cleopatra has a dream that Antony is surrounded by ______________.

5. Cleopatra's taster dies because someone has poisoned her ____________.

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