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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 9 | Act 3, Scene 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal does Antony jokingly describe for the drunken Lepidus?
(a) A scorpion.
(b) A crocodile.
(c) A basilisk.
(d) A serpent.

2. Against what does Caesar warn Antony in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Infidelity.
(b) Loving too dearly.
(c) Reckless violence.
(d) Imperial ambition.

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

4. How does the messenger report the voice of Octavia to Cleopatra?
(a) Shrill.
(b) Low.
(c) High.
(d) Squeaking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Canidius say he will follow now that the battle of Actium is over?

2. How does Cleopatra intend to act on the occasion that Antony is sad in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

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

5. In what isle was Sextus Pompeius "spoil'd" by the account of Caesar?

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