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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. What does Antony hope to see the enemy numbers of by placing his squadrons on "yond side o' the hill"?
(a) Siege weapons.
(b) Ships.
(c) Horses.
(d) Troops.

2. Which of the following accompanies Pompey at his house?
(a) Demetrius.
(b) Menecrates.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Enorbarbus.

3. How does the messenger report the voice of Octavia to Cleopatra?
(a) High.
(b) Low.
(c) Squeaking.
(d) Shrill.

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

5. What is the name of the lieutenant of Caesar, who leads his land army?
(a) Scarus.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Thyreus.
(d) Agrippa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Antony says he will make who (or what) love him the next time he fights in Act 3, Scene 13?

2. To whom is it proposed that Antony be married?

3. When does Caesar say he will attack after receiving Antony's challenge?

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

5. How does Caesar respond to Antony's challenge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Menas propose to make Pompey the ruler of the world?

4. Under what condition would Caesar grant lands in Sicily to Mark Antony?

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

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

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

8. What characterizes the reports that the messenger gives to Cleopatra of Octavia?

9. Why does Enobarbus tell Menas that that which has caused amity between Caesar and Antony will likewise "prove the immediate author of their variance"?

10. What characterizes the manner with which Cleopatra reacts to Antony's decisions?

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