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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brings a message from Antony to Cleopatra at the end of the first act?
(a) Iras.
(b) Lepidus.
(c) Enorbarbus.
(d) Alexas.

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

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

4. How many times "of better fortune" does Enobarbus say that Caesar is, in comparison to Antony?
(a) Twenty.
(b) A hundred.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twelve.

5. What is the name of Mark Antony's wife?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Fulvia.
(c) Charmian
(d) Iras.

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

7. What, in the play's beginning, is the "tawny front" upon which Antony has turned his view?
(a) Italy.
(b) War.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Egypt.

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

9. Whose flight has given example to the rest of the men on the losing side?
(a) Ventidius's.
(b) Caesar's.
(c) Taurus's.
(d) Antony's.

10. How does Caesar respond to Antony's challenge?
(a) With timidity.
(b) With fear.
(c) With laughter.
(d) With anger.

11. What, according to Enobarbus, ails Lepidus after the meeting with Pompey?
(a) A broken heart.
(b) The green sickness.
(c) Blindness.
(d) A rheumatism.

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

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

14. Who emerges triumphant in Parthia?
(a) Enorbarbus.
(b) Ventidius.
(c) Marcus Crassus.
(d) Pacorus.

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

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 is the "Tiber" to which Antony refers at the beginning of the play?

3. What location is reported as being taken by Caesar in Act 3, Scene 7?

4. Pompey tells Menas in Act 2, Scene 7, that his honor leads his what?

5. How many days does Lepidus say Mecaenas and Agrippa will gain on him?

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