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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. To whom is it proposed that Antony be married?
(a) Octavia.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Eros.

2. To where does Antony decide he must go in the beginning of the play?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Greece.
(d) Rome.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

3. Who does Caesar say thrives in the idleness of the triumvirs?

4. What is the "Tiber" to which Antony refers at the beginning of the play?

5. What does Cleopatra imagine Antony calls her at the end of the first act?

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