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

2. What, according to Enobarbus, ails Lepidus after the meeting with Pompey?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) The green sickness.
(c) A rheumatism.
(d) Blindness.

3. Pompey relates to Mark Antony the coming of whom to Sicily?
(a) Mark Antony's mother.
(b) Fulvia.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Mark Antony's father.

4. Where is Pompey's house that serves as the setting for the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Florence.
(c) Messina.
(d) Rome.

5. Who is Bacchus, as referenced in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) The God of Dancing.
(b) Ptolemy's assistant.
(c) The God of Wine.
(d) Cleopatra's Minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literally are "wassails" as used by Caesar to describe Antony's behavior?

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

3. Whom does Cleopatra send to report on the features of Octavia?

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

5. From how many messengers does Antony receive news in Act 1, Scene 2?

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