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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. What does Cleopatra insist Charmian give her to drink at the last scene of Act 1?
(a) Milk.
(b) Wine.
(c) Poisoned grape juice.
(d) Mandragora.

2. What literally are "wassails" as used by Caesar to describe Antony's behavior?
(a) Revelries.
(b) Foreign travels.
(c) Lustful endeavors.
(d) Whinings.

3. Who is with Caesar in his home in Act 1, Scene 4?
(a) Sextus Pompeius.
(b) Antony.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Fulvia.

4. Whom does Cleopatra send to report on the features of Octavia?
(a) Mardian.
(b) Alexas.
(c) Iras.
(d) Charmian.

5. At whose house does Act 2, Scene 2 unfold?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Agrippa's.
(c) Lepidus's.
(d) Macaenas's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Antony say is approaching the ports of Rome in the play's first act?

3. What game do Cleopatra and Mardian almost play to pass the time while she waits to hear of Antony?

4. What, in the play's beginning, is the "tawny front" upon which Antony has turned his view?

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

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