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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. To whom does the triumphant victor in the first scene of Act 3 speak?
(a) Marcus Crassus.
(b) Ventidius.
(c) Pacorus.
(d) Silius.

2. What of Cleopatra's does Antony say repays him for the loss at Actium?
(a) A victory.
(b) A kiss.
(c) Her death.
(d) A flagon of wine.

3. To whom does Caesar compare Octavia's return to Rome?
(a) A thief.
(b) A corpse.
(c) A market-maid.
(d) A queen.

4. What location is reported as being taken by Caesar in Act 3, Scene 7?
(a) Actium.
(b) Athens.
(c) Alexandria.
(d) Toyne.

5. How does Antony have Thyreus's punished?
(a) By mutilating his lips.
(b) By hanging.
(c) By castration.
(d) By whipping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Enobarbus say is the cause of the "odd tricks" shot out of Antony's mind?

2. Whose body is borne before the triumphant victor in Parthia?

3. To whom does Enorbarbus predict Antony will be faithful?

4. Who does Canidius say he will follow now that the battle of Actium is over?

5. Who accompanies Pompey to the meeting with the triumvirs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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