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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. Upon whose trencher does Antony say he found Cleopatra as a "cold morsel"?
(a) Pompey's.
(b) Rameses's.
(c) Living Caesar's.
(d) Dead Caesar's.

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

3. To whom does Enobarbus speak in the first part of Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Agrippa.
(b) Antony.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Caesar.

4. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) Antony's ailing.
(b) Pompey's victory.
(c) Antony's marriage.
(d) Antony's death.

5. What is the name of the man who accompanies Caesar in Act 3, Scene 8?
(a) Scarus.
(b) Canidius.
(c) Taurus.
(d) Agrippa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What of Cleopatra's does Antony say repays him for the loss at Actium?

2. Pompey tells Menas in Act 2, Scene 7, that his honor leads his what?

3. How many days does Lepidus say Mecaenas and Agrippa will gain on him?

4. Whom does Cleopatra send to report on the features of Octavia?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Caesar instruct Thyreus to win Cleopatra from Antony?

5. For what reason does Antony spurn the news that has come from Rome at the play's beginning?

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

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

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

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

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

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