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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. Who emerges triumphant in Parthia?
(a) Marcus Crassus.
(b) Enorbarbus.
(c) Ventidius.
(d) Pacorus.

2. In what isle was Sextus Pompeius "spoil'd" by the account of Caesar?
(a) Crete.
(b) Rhodes.
(c) Sardinia.
(d) Sicily.

3. What action of Thyreus's inspires Mark Antony to have him punished?
(a) Kissing Cleopatra's hand.
(b) Bring Cleopatra a letter.
(c) Insulting Mark Antony.
(d) Holding Cleopatra's hand.

4. What does Antony hope to see the enemy numbers of by placing his squadrons on "yond side o' the hill"?
(a) Siege weapons.
(b) Horses.
(c) Troops.
(d) Ships.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Cleopatra insist Charmian give her to drink at the last scene of Act 1?

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