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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 does Antony call the work of a soldier in war?
(a) A daily labor.
(b) The royal occupation.
(c) The great test.
(d) A gruesome drudergy.

2. What has Antony's fleet done at Alexandria?
(a) Gained victory.
(b) Been distroyed.
(c) Surrendered.
(d) Fled.

3. Where does Cleopatra go in Act 4, Scene 13?
(a) Caesar's camp.
(b) Sicily.
(c) The monument.
(d) Her ship.

4. Whom does Caesar send to speak to Cleopatra after hearing of Antony's death?
(a) Dercetas.
(b) An Egyptian.
(c) Dolabella.
(d) Proculeius.

5. To where does Cleopatra go after Antony departs to battle near the city of Alexandria?
(a) Her ship.
(b) Her chamber.
(c) The field.
(d) The desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. The best force of the opposition is said by the speaker of the play's shortest scene to be put where?

2. With whom has Antony's most recent deserter been discovered in Act 4, Scene 5?

3. Whom does Antony command to kill him?

4. Who accompanies Antony into his camp in Act 4, Scene 5?

5. Whose "case of that huge spirit now is cold" as said by Cleopatra?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Antony react to the desertion by Enobarbus?

2. What is revealed about the Roman attitude towards death in Act 4, Scene 14?

3. In what way is Antony's disposition towards the battle at Alexandria changed on the second day?

4. What is meant by Charmian's statement that "The soul and body rive not more in parting / Than greatness going off"?

5. Why does Enobarbus say he will seek out a ditch in which he may die?

6. What attitude grips Antony and his soldiers in Act 4, Scene 7?

7. What characterizes the reactions of those present in Act 4, Scene 1, to the news of Antony's death?

8. What does Enobarbus reveal about Caesar in Act 4, Scene 6?

9. How does Cleopatra comport herself towards Antony in Act 4, Scene 4?

10. What happens to Enobarbus after his speech in Act 4, Scene 9?

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