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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. Whom does Enobarbus say he will follow now that the battle is over?
(a) Caesar.
(b) Antony.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) No one.

2. Of what is Antony told concerning his wife in the play's second scene?
(a) Her coming to him.
(b) Her death.
(c) Her giving birth.
(d) Her re-marriage.

3. What is the name of Mark Antony's wife?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Charmian
(c) Fulvia.
(d) Iras.

4. What does Antony, in Act 4, Scene 2's terminal line, say he and his fellows ought to drown?
(a) Elation.
(b) Woe.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Consideration.

5. With what does Caesar reward his army in the beginning of Act 4?
(a) A feast.
(b) Gold.
(c) Honor.
(d) Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who brings a message from Antony to Cleopatra at the end of the first act?

2. Where is Antony reported as being, by Caesar, in Act 3, Scene 6?

3. Against what does Caesar warn Antony in Act 3, Scene 2?

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

5. How does the messenger report the voice of Octavia to Cleopatra?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Cleopatra fly into a rage in the fifth scene of the second act?

2. Why does Octavius Caesar lament the absence of Mark Antony?

3. For what reason does Mecaenas imply that striking Antony while the beleaguered triumvir is in his rage is strategically sound

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

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

6. In what way does Antony compose himself in Act 4, Scene 2?

7. Why is it suggested by Agrippa that Mark Antony be married to Octavia?

8. How do his companions react to Antony's speeches in Act 4, Scene 2?

9. For what reason does Cleopatra send Alexas to Italy?

10. What does the sight of Thyreus kissing Cleopatra's hand provoke in Mark Antony?

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