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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Against what does Caesar warn Antony in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Imperial ambition.
(b) Infidelity.
(c) Loving too dearly.
(d) Reckless violence.

2. Where is Antony reported as being, by Caesar, in Act 3, Scene 6?
(a) Athens.
(b) Syria.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Alexandria.

3. What literally are "wassails" as used by Caesar to describe Antony's behavior?
(a) Foreign travels.
(b) Revelries.
(c) Whinings.
(d) Lustful endeavors.

4. What does Antony, in Act 4, Scene 2's terminal line, say he and his fellows ought to drown?
(a) Consideration.
(b) Elation.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Woe.

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

6. Whom does Enobarbus say he will follow now that the battle is over?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Antony.
(c) No one.
(d) Caesar.

7. To whom does Caesar compare Octavia's return to Rome?
(a) A corpse.
(b) A queen.
(c) A market-maid.
(d) A thief.

8. What is the name of the man who accompanies Caesar in Act 3, Scene 8?
(a) Taurus.
(b) Canidius.
(c) Scarus.
(d) Agrippa.

9. With what does Caesar reward his army in the beginning of Act 4?
(a) A feast.
(b) Gold.
(c) Honor.
(d) Land.

10. When asked by Cleopatra "what shall we do?" in Act 3, Scene 13, what does Enobarbus reply?
(a) Sleep, and die.
(b) Live for now, and soon, die.
(c) Fight, and live.
(d) Think, and die.

11. What of Cleopatra's does Antony say repays him for the loss at Actium?
(a) A flagon of wine.
(b) Her death.
(c) A victory.
(d) A kiss.

12. Who is sent by Antony to intervene with Caesar in an attempt to prevent civil war?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Octavia.
(c) Enobarbus.
(d) Agrippa.

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

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

15. What does Antony say he will possibly bathe in the "blood / Shall make it live again" in the second scene of the fourth act?
(a) His dying honor.
(b) His wilted love.
(c) His flagging nobility.
(d) His deflated army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enobarbus say is the cause of the "odd tricks" shot out of Antony's mind?

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

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

4. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?

5. Which of the following accompanies Pompey at his house?

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