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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cause of Antony's depression in Chapter 68?
(a) He has a terminal illness.
(b) Octavian's betrayal.
(c) Trouble with Cleopatra.
(d) His advancing age.

2. What does Cleopatra want Marc Antony to do?
(a) Take more than one wife.
(b) Kill Octavian.
(c) Adopt Caesarion.
(d) Divorce his wife and marry her.

3. To what country is Antony's army headed to battle?
(a) Spain.
(b) Russia.
(c) Parthia.
(d) Gaul.

4. Cleopatra receives a message from Marc Antony telling her that _______________.
(a) he is coming to Egypt.
(b) he is newly married.
(c) he is divorced.
(d) he is dying.

5. What does Cleopatra think will be Octavian's motivation to declare war on Egypt?
(a) To get justice for Caesar's death.
(b) To have Caesarion declared Caesar's rightful heir.
(c) To avenge Octavia's humiliation by Cleopatra.
(d) To acquire Egypt's territories.

6. Why does Antony's army take a large tree stump with them as they leave for battle?
(a) To use as a battering ram.
(b) To build a fort.
(c) To chip off kindling for fires.
(d) To use as an anchor.

7. What is Alexander's overall personality?
(a) Retiring.
(b) Shy.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Exuberant.

8. When does Antony plan to ask Octavia for a divorce?
(a) If he returns from battle.
(b) In one more year.
(c) After the festival.
(d) After she gives birth.

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

10. Cleopatra has a dream that Antony is surrounded by ______________.
(a) ships.
(b) laurel wreaths.
(c) flowers.
(d) corpses.

11. Why are the dead bodies from the plague cremated?
(a) No one wants to touch them.
(b) There are too many to bury.
(c) To get rid of the disease.
(d) It is the custom in Egypt.

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

13. Who is sending supplies and reinforcements to Antony in Syria?
(a) Octavia.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Marcus Aurelius.
(d) Olympos.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Egyptian commodities of papyrus and __________ are in high demand.

2. What is Cleopatra's initial concern for Antony's army?

3. What gift does Marc Antony give to Caesarion?

4. An encounter with a soothsayer makes Cleopatra fear that she is to be _______________________.

5. Because of his public works projects, many people are calling Octavian _______________.

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