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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. What is the status of the man Antony sends as an ambassador to Caesar after Actium?
(a) A herald.
(b) A schoolmaster.
(c) A provincial governor.
(d) A king.

2. Whom does Alexas use as an example in saying that no one would dare not look on Cleopatra when she is ill-pleased?
(a) Rameses II.
(b) Herod of Jewry.
(c) Octavius Caesar.
(d) Julius Caesar.

3. What does Cleopatra insist Charmian give her to drink at the last scene of Act 1?
(a) Wine.
(b) Poisoned grape juice.
(c) Mandragora.
(d) Milk.

4. What does Enobarbus say is the cause of the "odd tricks" shot out of Antony's mind?
(a) Joy.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Anger.
(d) Pride.

5. Antony says he will make who (or what) love him the next time he fights in Act 3, Scene 13?
(a) Honor.
(b) Death.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Enobarbus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Canidius, where did Caesar fight Pompey?

2. Against what does Caesar warn Antony in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. What is Cleopatra's initial fear when a messenger arrives from Italy in Act 2, Scene 5?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What good does Caesar say that Octavia's letters had done, regarding Antony?

4. What causes Antony to experience a dramatic change at the play's beginning?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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