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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1 | Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cleopatra imagine Antony calls her at the end of the first act?
(a) "My gem of Egypt."
(b) "The deadly basilisk."
(c) "A blot on my conscience."
(d) "My serpent of 'old Nile'."

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

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

4. What is the "Tiber" to which Antony refers at the beginning of the play?
(a) The underworld.
(b) A mountain range.
(c) A river.
(d) A region.

5. Where does Caesar say that Pompey resides in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Messina.
(b) Misenum.
(c) Florence.
(d) Sicily.

Short Answer Questions

1. At whose house does Act 2, Scene 2 unfold?

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

3. Who does Cleopatra want to send to find Antony in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

5. Who emerges triumphant in Parthia?

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