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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Antony kiss Cleopatra before departing for battle near Alexandria?
(a) Like a soldier.
(b) Like a husband.
(c) On the cheek.
(d) On the hand.

3. Whose hand does Antony clasp in Act 4, Scene 8?
(a) Eros's.
(b) Scarus's.
(c) Enobarbus's.
(d) Cleopatra's.

4. What does Antony send after his most recent deserter in Act 4, Scene 5?
(a) The deserter's servants.
(b) The deserter's wife's head.
(c) The deserter's treasure.
(d) The deserter's sword.

5. Upon what does Antony say he will look in line 9 of Act 4's tenth scene?
(a) The enemy's endeavor.
(b) His own troops' discipline.
(c) The blood of Caesar.
(d) Cleopatra's coutenance.

6. Whom does Caesar put in the van of his attack against Antony at Alexandria?
(a) Enobarbus.
(b) Pompey's fighters.
(c) Antony's deserters.
(d) Caesar's best fighters.

7. Whom does Antony believe responsible for the actions of his fleet?
(a) Eros.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Diomedes.

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

9. Upon whom does Enobarbus call to be his witness in delivering his soliloquy?
(a) Caesar.
(b) A soldier.
(c) The stars.
(d) The moon.

10. Who is speaking in Act 4, Scene 11?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Antony.
(d) Taurus.

11. To whose "prepared nails" does Antony refer?
(a) Cleopatra's.
(b) Death's.
(c) Fulvia's.
(d) Octavia's.

12. Who accompanies Antony in Act 4, Scene 10?
(a) Eros.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) Demetrius.
(d) Scarus.

13. What does Enobarbus throw against the "flint and hardness" of his fault, figuratively speaking?
(a) His life.
(b) His will.
(c) His heart.
(d) His soul.

14. How many times will Antony reward Scarus for his "good valor"?
(a) Twice.
(b) Ten.
(c) Once.
(d) Thrice.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caesar say the world shall bear freely if the battle of Alexandria goes well?

2. Whom does Cleopatra name as her treasurer?

3. Who is it revealed has deserted Antony in Act 4?

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?

5. Whom does Caesar send to speak to Cleopatra after hearing of Antony's death?

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