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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. How does Cleopatra intend to act on the occasion that Antony is sad in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sick.
(c) Confused.
(d) Sad.

2. Where is Antony reported as being, by Caesar, in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Syria.
(c) Athens.
(d) Alexandria.

3. How does Caesar respond to Antony's challenge?
(a) With anger.
(b) With timidity.
(c) With fear.
(d) With laughter.

4. What of Cleopatra's does Antony say repays him for the loss at Actium?
(a) A flagon of wine.
(b) A kiss.
(c) A victory.
(d) Her death.

5. Who does Caesar say thrives in the idleness of the triumvirs?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Antony.
(d) Lepidus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the lieutenant of Caesar, who leads his land army?

3. Who is Bacchus, as referenced in Act 2, Scene 7?

4. Who is sent by Antony to intervene with Caesar in an attempt to prevent civil war?

5. What is the meaning of "dolorous" as used by Antony in line 39 of Act 4, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Octavius Caesar lament the absence of Mark Antony?

2. How do his companions react to Antony's speeches in Act 4, Scene 2?

3. For what reason does Mecaenas imply that striking Antony while the beleaguered triumvir is in his rage is strategically sound

4. How does Cleopatra act in Antony's absence?

5. What does Caesar imply by his directions regarding giving the soldiers a feast the night before the battle at Alexandria?

6. For what reasons are tensions brewing between Antony and Caesar in Act 3, Scene 4?

7. What good does Caesar say that Octavia's letters had done, regarding Antony?

8. For what reason does Ventidius claim he leaves some soldiering undone?

9. What characterizes the responses by Antony's subordinates to his announcement that he will fight Caesar by sea at Actium?

10. How does Caesar instruct Thyreus to win Cleopatra from Antony?

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