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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom is it reported by Enobarbus that Caesar has hanged without good reason?
(a) Herod.
(b) Agrippa.
(c) Alexas.
(d) Canidius.

2. To where does the speaker in Act 4, Scene 11, say the speaker and company must go?
(a) To the galleys.
(b) To Alexandria.
(c) To the hills.
(d) To the vales.

3. In the concluding lines of Act 4, Scene 8, Antony says heaven and earth will do what to Antony and his companions?
(a) Applaud them.
(b) Condemn them.
(c) Abandon them.
(d) Deride them.

4. Who arrives and claims that the enemy is beaten and his side's advantage serves for "a fair victory" in the seventh scene of the fourth act?
(a) Enobarbus.
(b) Mecaenas.
(c) Eros.
(d) Agrippa.

5. Whom does Caesar send to accompany the speaker sent to Cleopatra in the first part of the final act?
(a) Dolabella.
(b) Gallus.
(c) Proculeius.
(d) Dercetas.

6. In whose arms does Mark Antony die?
(a) His guards'.
(b) Scarus's.
(c) Diomedes's.
(d) Cleopatra's.

7. What is the Greek name for "holy Phoebus" to whom Antony refers?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Apollo.

8. Who accompanies Antony at the outset of Act 4, Scene 12?
(a) Eros.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Scarus.
(d) Cleopatra.

9. Who arrives to announce Antony's death to Caesar?
(a) An Egyptian.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Dercetas.

10. Whom does Caesar send to speak to Cleopatra after hearing of Antony's death?
(a) Proculeius.
(b) An Egyptian.
(c) Dercetas.
(d) Dolabella.

11. From next to where does Antony go to discover the outcome of the sea-battle at Alexandria?
(a) The pine.
(b) The vale.
(c) The hill.
(d) The coast.

12. What does Cleopatra say she will give to Scarus for his valor?
(a) A fertile tract of land.
(b) A silver sword.
(c) Golden armor.
(d) A feast for a king.

13. What may be held in the location to which the speaker and company go in Act 4, scene 11?
(a) A number of hostages.
(b) A temporary strategic asset.
(c) A fitting death.
(d) The best advantage.

14. The best force of the opposition is said by the speaker of the play's shortest scene to be put where?
(a) Up the river.
(b) On the land.
(c) To the galleys.
(d) Between the hills.

15. Whose of Caesar's does Antony insist alone is worthy of trust?
(a) Gallus.
(b) Dollabella.
(c) Agrippa.
(d) Proculeius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what does Antony say he will look in line 9 of Act 4's tenth scene?

2. What does Antony foreshadow by telling Eros that they must sleep, after Mardian delivers news of Cleopatra's death?

3. For what does Antony tell Eros he has made the wars with Caesar?

4. Upon what does one of the soldiers place his hope of the battle on foot in Act 4, Scene 3?

5. With whom has Antony's most recent deserter been discovered in Act 4, Scene 5?

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