4. Pompey relates to Mark Antony the coming of whom to Sicily?
(a) Fulvia.
(b) Mark Antony's mother.
(c) Mark Antony's father.
(d) Lucius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Caesar compare Octavia's return to Rome?

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

3. Whom does Caesar send to win Cleopatra from Antony?

4. What literally are "wassails" as used by Caesar to describe Antony's behavior?

5. What does Antony, in Act 4, Scene 2's terminal line, say he and his fellows ought to drown?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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