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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Pompey's victory.
(b) Antony's ailing.
(c) Antony's death.
(d) Antony's marriage.

2. To whom does the triumphant victor in the first scene of Act 3 speak?
(a) Silius.
(b) Ventidius.
(c) Marcus Crassus.
(d) Pacorus.

3. How does Cleopatra intend to act on the occasion that Antony is sad in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sick.
(c) Sad.
(d) Confused.

4. Who is sent by Antony to intervene with Caesar in an attempt to prevent civil war?
(a) Octavia.
(b) Lepidus.
(c) Agrippa.
(d) Enobarbus.

5. What of Cleopatra's does Antony say repays him for the loss at Actium?
(a) A kiss.
(b) Her death.
(c) A victory.
(d) A flagon of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose presence does Enorbarbus say must puzzle Antony?

2. What is the "Tiber" to which Antony refers at the beginning of the play?

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

4. What, according to Enobarbus, ails Lepidus after the meeting with Pompey?

5. To whom is it proposed that Antony be married?

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