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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the soldiers resolve to do about the noise in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Listen to it.
(b) Silence it.
(c) Follow it.
(d) Ignore it.

3. What is the "rumor" about of which the Second Soldier speaks in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) The palace.
(c) Antony.
(d) The streets.

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

5. With whom does Caesar exchange speech in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Agrippa.
(b) Thyreus.
(c) Macaenas.
(d) Euphronius.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caesar say the world shall bear freely if the battle of Alexandria goes well?

2. To whom does Enorbarbus predict Antony will be faithful?

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

4. What is the meaning of "dolorous" as used by Antony in line 39 of Act 4, Scene 2?

5. About what age does the messenger report his guessing of Octavia's age to Cleopatra?

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