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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, in the play's beginning, is the "tawny front" upon which Antony has turned his view?
(a) War.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Italy.

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

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

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

5. Of what is Antony told concerning his wife in the play's second scene?
(a) Her coming to him.
(b) Her death.
(c) Her giving birth.
(d) Her re-marriage.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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