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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To where does Cleopatra go after Antony departs to battle near the city of Alexandria?
(a) Her ship.
(b) The desert.
(c) Her chamber.
(d) The field.

2. Who alone does Cleopatra say is worthy to conquer Antony?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Antony.
(d) A god.

3. Of what animal of Thessaly does Cleopatra speak?
(a) The boar.
(b) The manticore.
(c) The lion.
(d) The snake.

4. What does Antony call the work of a soldier in war?
(a) A daily labor.
(b) A gruesome drudergy.
(c) The great test.
(d) The royal occupation.

5. 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 fitting death.
(c) The best advantage.
(d) A temporary strategic asset.

6. Who brings a basket to Cleopatra?
(a) Dolabella.
(b) A clown.
(c) Charmian.
(d) A guard.

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

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

9. Of what does Caesar say the death of Antony should have made a greater?
(a) Notice.
(b) Noise.
(c) Crack.
(d) Light.

10. Caesar says that the news of Antony's death is tidings enough to wash the eyes of whom?
(a) Kings.
(b) Gods.
(c) Friends.
(d) Women.

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

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

13. Cleopatra says that Antony is more mad than whom for his shield?
(a) Paris.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Telamon.
(d) Hector.

14. To what spurned suicidal lover of Roman lore does Antony refer?
(a) Ceres.
(b) Dido.
(c) Octavia.
(d) Venus.

15. With what does Cleopatra kill herself?
(a) Poison.
(b) A dagger.
(c) Asps.
(d) A spear.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Antony call at the end of Act 4's twelfth scene?

2. What does Antony say his men have all proved themselves in Act 4, Scene 8?

3. Who accompanies Cleopatra to her destination in Act 4, Scene 13?

4. Where does Cleopatra go in Act 4, Scene 13?

5. The best force of the opposition is said by the speaker of the play's shortest scene to be put where?

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