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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. Who does Cleopatra want to send to find Antony in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) Alexas.
(b) Charmian.
(c) Enobarbus
(d) Iras.

2. Whose flight has given example to the rest of the men on the losing side?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Antony's.
(c) Taurus's.
(d) Ventidius's.

3. Who is Bacchus, as referenced in Act 2, Scene 7?
(a) Cleopatra's Minister.
(b) The God of Wine.
(c) The God of Dancing.
(d) Ptolemy's assistant.

4. Whom does Cleopatra send to report on the features of Octavia?
(a) Iras.
(b) Alexas.
(c) Mardian.
(d) Charmian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of "dolorous" as used by Antony in line 39 of Act 4, Scene 2?

2. To whom does the triumphant victor in the first scene of Act 3 speak?

3. The Soothsayer tells Antony he ought to go where?

4. Upon whose trencher does Antony say he found Cleopatra as a "cold morsel"?

5. Who does Caesar say thrives in the idleness of the triumvirs?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caesar imply by his directions regarding giving the soldiers a feast the night before the battle at Alexandria?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the meaning and significance of "a Lethe'd dulness" as Pompey uses the phrase in line 27 of Act 2, Scene 1?

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

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

10. For what reasons are tensions brewing between Antony and Caesar in Act 3, Scene 4?

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