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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what weapon does Cleopatra threaten the messenger from Italy?
(a) A spear.
(b) A sword.
(c) A knife.
(d) A whip.

2. What decision does Antony lament to the solider who greets him in the fifth scene of the fourth act?
(a) To challenge Caesar.
(b) To seek out Cleopatra.
(c) To fight at sea.
(d) To fight at land.

3. What do the soldiers hear after Enobarbus dies?
(a) Drums.
(b) Trumpets.
(c) The sea.
(d) Wailing.

4. Whom does Alexas use as an example in saying that no one would dare not look on Cleopatra when she is ill-pleased?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Herod of Jewry.
(c) Rameses II.
(d) Octavius Caesar.

5. What does Enobarbus throw against the "flint and hardness" of his fault, figuratively speaking?
(a) His soul.
(b) His heart.
(c) His will.
(d) His life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antony, in Act 4, Scene 2's terminal line, say he and his fellows ought to drown?

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

3. How does Cleopatra intend to act on the occasion that Antony is sad in Act 1, Scene 3?

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

5. Whose ship hoists its sail and flies, "like a cow in June"?

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