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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. To where does Cleopatra go after Antony departs to battle near the city of Alexandria?
(a) Her ship.
(b) Her chamber.
(c) The desert.
(d) The field.

3. Whom does Cleopatra send to report on the features of Octavia?
(a) Charmian.
(b) Iras.
(c) Alexas.
(d) Mardian.

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

5. What does Antony compare to the spirit of a youth who "means to be of note," in Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) The sound of trumpets before war.
(b) The present morning.
(c) A battle fought at night.
(d) The sight of one's beloved before battle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who accompanies Pompey to the meeting with the triumvirs?

3. Of what is Antony told concerning his wife in the play's second scene?

4. What god does the Second Soldier say is leaving Antony?

5. What do the soldiers resolve to do about the noise in Act 4, Scene 3?

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