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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 Antony say is approaching the ports of Rome in the play's first act?
(a) Octavius.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Sextus Pompeius.
(d) Lepidus.

2. Who does Caesar say thrives in the idleness of the triumvirs?
(a) Antony.
(b) Lepidus.
(c) Lucius.
(d) Pompey.

3. When asked by Cleopatra "what shall we do?" in Act 3, Scene 13, what does Enobarbus reply?
(a) Live for now, and soon, die.
(b) Sleep, and die.
(c) Fight, and live.
(d) Think, and die.

4. What does Antony say was tied to Cleopatra's rudder "by the strings"?
(a) Victory.
(b) His heart.
(c) His ship.
(d) His soul.

5. What does Antony say he will possibly bathe in the "blood / Shall make it live again" in the second scene of the fourth act?
(a) His wilted love.
(b) His deflated army.
(c) His dying honor.
(d) His flagging nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "Tiber" to which Antony refers at the beginning of the play?

2. What effect does Antony's odd trick in speaking to his servants produce on the servants?

3. To whom is it proposed that Antony be married?

4. With whom does Caesar exchange speech in Act 4, Scene 1?

5. To what does Antony challenge Caesar in his letter, read at the beginning of Act 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. For what reason does the Soothsayer tell Antony he must go back to Egypt?

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

4. For what reason does Ventidius claim he leaves some soldiering undone?

5. What is the result of Antony's fleeing from Actium?

6. What causes Antony to flee the battle of Actium?

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

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

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

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

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