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

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

3. In praising Antony, Cleopatra says in Act 2, Scene 5, she has dispraised whom?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Herself.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Antony.

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

5. What is the name of Mark Antony's wife?
(a) Iras.
(b) Charmian
(c) Fulvia.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days does Lepidus say Mecaenas and Agrippa will gain on him?

2. Who brings a message from Antony to Cleopatra at the end of the first act?

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

4. Where does Caesar say that Pompey resides in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

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