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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Antony, through Euphornius, request to live if Egypt is denied to him by Caesar?
(a) Syria.
(b) Corinth.
(c) Athens.
(d) Rhodes.

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

3. To whom does the triumphant victor in the first scene of Act 3 speak?
(a) Pacorus.
(b) Marcus Crassus.
(c) Ventidius.
(d) Silius.

4. Whose body is borne before the triumphant victor in Parthia?
(a) Pacorus.
(b) Marcus Crassus.
(c) Silius.
(d) Ventidius.

5. When does Caesar say he will attack after receiving Antony's challenge?
(a) Never.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) Today.
(d) Next week.

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

7. Who does Caesar say thrives in the idleness of the triumvirs?
(a) Lucius.
(b) Antony.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Pompey.

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

9. In what field of battle does Antony proclaim he will engage Caesar in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) Armenia.
(b) The sea.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Macedonia.

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

11. To whom is it proposed that Antony be married?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Octavia.
(d) Eros.

12. In what location does Act 3, Scene 4 take place?
(a) Syria.
(b) Athens.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Rome.

13. In praising Antony, Cleopatra says in Act 2, Scene 5, she has dispraised whom?
(a) Pompey.
(b) Herself.
(c) Antony.
(d) Caesar.

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

15. To what does Antony challenge Caesar in his letter, read at the beginning of Act 4?
(a) A duel.
(b) A battle.
(c) A game of wits.
(d) A debate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literally are "wassails" as used by Caesar to describe Antony's behavior?

2. To where does Antony decide he must go in the beginning of the play?

3. With whom does Caesar exchange speech in Act 4, Scene 1?

4. The Soothsayer tells Antony he ought to go where?

5. What does Antony's betrothed say she shall do when Antony is about the world?

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