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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4 | Act 2, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings news to Pompey that Mark Antony is returning to Rome?
(a) Silvius.
(b) Menas.
(c) Menecrates.
(d) Varrius.

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

3. Who does Antony say is approaching the ports of Rome in the play's first act?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Octavius.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Sextus Pompeius.

4. Who does Cleopatra want to send to find Antony in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Iras.
(b) Alexas.
(c) Enobarbus
(d) Charmian.

5. The Soothsayer tells Antony he ought to go where?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Britony.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Gaul.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what weapon does Cleopatra threaten the messenger from Italy?

2. What does Cleopatra insist Charmian give her to drink at the last scene of Act 1?

3. What is the name of Mark Antony's wife?

4. What does Antony's betrothed say she shall do when Antony is about the world?

5. Where is Pompey's house that serves as the setting for the beginning of Act 2?

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