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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 the status of the man Antony sends as an ambassador to Caesar after Actium?
(a) A schoolmaster.
(b) A herald.
(c) A provincial governor.
(d) A king.

2. What game do Cleopatra and Mardian almost play to pass the time while she waits to hear of Antony?
(a) A word game.
(b) Billiards.
(c) Bowling.
(d) A game of cards.

3. To where does Antony send Ventidius in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Parthia.
(d) Egypt.

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

5. Who accompanies Pompey to the meeting with the triumvirs?
(a) Canidius.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Menas.
(d) Varrius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antony say was tied to Cleopatra's rudder "by the strings"?

2. Pompey tells Menas in Act 2, Scene 7, that his honor leads his what?

3. Whom does Caesar send to win Cleopatra from Antony?

4. What of Cleopatra's does Antony say repays him for the loss at Actium?

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

(see the answer key)

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