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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Antony hope to see the enemy numbers of by placing his squadrons on "yond side o' the hill"?
(a) Ships.
(b) Horses.
(c) Troops.
(d) Siege weapons.

2. To where does Antony decide he must go in the beginning of the play?
(a) Greece.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Rome.
(d) Gaul.

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

4. What does Cleopatra imagine Antony calls her at the end of the first act?
(a) "My gem of Egypt."
(b) "A blot on my conscience."
(c) "The deadly basilisk."
(d) "My serpent of 'old Nile'."

5. How does Antony have Thyreus's punished?
(a) By castration.
(b) By mutilating his lips.
(c) By whipping.
(d) By hanging.

6. Who does Antony report has made new wars against Pompey?
(a) Lepidus.
(b) Enobarbus.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Cleopatra.

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

8. In Act 3, Scene 5, who delivers news to Enobarbus?
(a) Vertidius.
(b) Eros.
(c) Enomus.
(d) Silius.

9. Whom does Cleopatra send to report on the features of Octavia?
(a) Alexas.
(b) Iras.
(c) Mardian.
(d) Charmian.

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

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

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

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

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

15. For what reason does Caesar claim he arrested Lepidus?
(a) Lepidus's suspicious behavior.
(b) Lepidus's cruelty.
(c) Lepidus's envy.
(d) Lepidus's greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings news to Pompey that Mark Antony is returning to Rome?

2. What does Antony, in Act 4, Scene 2's terminal line, say he and his fellows ought to drown?

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

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

5. It is reported in Act 3, Scene 5, that Caesar has arrested whom?

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