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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What location is reported as being taken by Caesar in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) Actium.
(b) Toyne.
(c) Athens.
(d) Alexandria.

3. When does Caesar say he will attack after receiving Antony's challenge?
(a) Next week.
(b) Never.
(c) Tomorrow.
(d) Today.

4. What, according to Enobarbus, ails Lepidus after the meeting with Pompey?
(a) The green sickness.
(b) A rheumatism.
(c) Blindness.
(d) A broken heart.

5. About what age does the messenger report his guessing of Octavia's age to Cleopatra?
(a) 30.
(b) 40.
(c) 25.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cleopatra insist Charmian give her to drink at the last scene of Act 1?

2. Who accompanies Pompey to the meeting with the triumvirs?

3. To whom does Enobarbus attribute all the fault of the defeat in battle at Actium?

4. Towards where do the ships of the defeated flee?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What good does Caesar say that Octavia's letters had done, regarding Antony?

2. How does Cleopatra expose her true self in Act 3, Scene 13?

3. What causes Antony to experience a dramatic change at the play's beginning?

4. What characterizes the responses by Antony's subordinates to his announcement that he will fight Caesar by sea at Actium?

5. What is the significance of the discussion between Enobarbus and Agrippa in the first part of Act 3, Scene 2?

6. How does Cleopatra act in Antony's absence?

7. For what reason does Ventidius claim he leaves some soldiering undone?

8. What is the result of Antony's fleeing from Actium?

9. What causes Antony to flee the battle of Actium?

10. For what reason does Antony insist upon assailing Caesar by sea at Actium, despite the protestations of his loyal men?

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