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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 emerges triumphant in Parthia?
(a) Pacorus.
(b) Marcus Crassus.
(c) Enorbarbus.
(d) Ventidius.
2. What does Antony hope to see the enemy numbers of by placing his squadrons on "yond side o' the hill"?
(a) Horses.
(b) Ships.
(c) Siege weapons.
(d) Troops.
3. With what weapon does Cleopatra threaten the messenger from Italy?
(a) A sword.
(b) A whip.
(c) A spear.
(d) A knife.
4. Whose body is borne before the triumphant victor in Parthia?
(a) Marcus Crassus.
(b) Silius.
(c) Ventidius.
(d) Pacorus.
5. Who accompanies Pompey to the meeting with the triumvirs?
(a) Varrius.
(b) Canidius.
(c) Menecrates.
(d) Menas.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many times "of better fortune" does Enobarbus say that Caesar is, in comparison to Antony?
2. To whom does Caesar compare Octavia's return to Rome?
3. In what location does Act 3, Scene 4 take place?
4. Who does Canidius say he will follow now that the battle of Actium is over?
5. Who brings news to Pompey that Mark Antony is returning to Rome?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason does the Soothsayer tell Antony he must go back to Egypt?
2. What characterizes the reports that the messenger gives to Cleopatra of Octavia?
3. For what reason does Antony spurn the news that has come from Rome at the play's beginning?
4. In what way does Antony compose himself in Act 4, Scene 2?
5. For what reason does Antony insist upon assailing Caesar by sea at Actium, despite the protestations of his loyal men?
6. How does Caesar instruct Thyreus to win Cleopatra from Antony?
7. For what reason does Ventidius claim he leaves some soldiering undone?
8. For what reason does Cleopatra send Alexas to Italy?
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. For what reasons are tensions brewing between Antony and Caesar in Act 3, Scene 4?
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