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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where does Caesar say that Pompey resides in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Florence.
(b) Messina.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Misenum.

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

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

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

7. Who is Bacchus, as referenced in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Ptolemy's assistant.
(b) The God of Dancing.
(c) The God of Wine.
(d) Cleopatra's Minister.

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

9. To whom does Enobarbus speak in the first part of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Agrippa.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Antony.

10. Whom does Caesar send to win Cleopatra from Antony?
(a) Thyreus.
(b) Dolabella.
(c) Agrippa.
(d) Menecrates.

11. Who does Cleopatra want to send to find Antony in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Enobarbus
(b) Charmian.
(c) Iras.
(d) Alexas.

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

13. Antony says he will make who (or what) love him the next time he fights in Act 3, Scene 13?
(a) Death.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Honor.
(d) Enobarbus.

14. At whose house does Act 2, Scene 2 unfold?
(a) Agrippa's.
(b) Macaenas's.
(c) Caesar's.
(d) Lepidus's.

15. What location is reported as being taken by Caesar in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) Athens.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Actium.
(d) Toyne.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is it proposed that Antony be married?

2. How does Caesar respond to Antony's challenge?

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

4. With what weapon does Cleopatra threaten the messenger from Italy?

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

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