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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From how many messengers does Antony receive news in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

5. To where does Antony send Ventidius in Act 2, Scene 3?
(a) Sicily.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Parthia.
(d) Gaul.

6. Which of the following accompanies Pompey at his house?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Enorbarbus.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Menecrates.

7. The Soothsayer tells Antony he ought to go where?
(a) Gaul.
(b) Britony.
(c) Sicily.
(d) Egypt.

8. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Pompey's victory.
(b) Antony's ailing.
(c) Antony's death.
(d) Antony's marriage.

9. What is the meaning of "dolorous" as used by Antony in line 39 of Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Enraged.
(b) Sorrowful.
(c) Erratic.
(d) Lustful.

10. Where is Pompey's house that serves as the setting for the beginning of Act 2?
(a) Florence.
(b) Messina.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Rome.

11. Who does Canidius say he will follow now that the battle of Actium is over?
(a) Lepidus
(b) Antony.
(c) Caesar.
(d) No one.

12. According to Canidius, where did Caesar fight Pompey?
(a) Sardinia.
(b) Macedonia.
(c) The Alps.
(d) Pharsalia.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do Cleopatra and Mardian almost play to pass the time while she waits to hear of Antony?

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

3. Where does Antony, through Euphornius, request to live if Egypt is denied to him by Caesar?

4. Who brings a message from Antony to Cleopatra at the end of the first act?

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

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