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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 where do the soldiers carry Enobarbus's body?
(a) Caesar's ship.
(b) Caesar's tent.
(c) The walls of Alexandria.
(d) The court of guard.

2. To whose "prepared nails" does Antony refer?
(a) Death's.
(b) Octavia's.
(c) Cleopatra's.
(d) Fulvia's.

3. With whom does Antony intend his foot soldiers to stay in Act 4, Scene 10?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Caesar's ships.
(c) Himself.
(d) Caesar's foot.

4. Who goes to make Caesar's will regarding Antony known to the troops?
(a) Alexas.
(b) Agrippa.
(c) Canidius.
(d) Enobarbus.

5. What is Caesar's will regarding Antony in Act 4, Scene 6?
(a) That he be taken alive.
(b) That he surrender.
(c) That he be killed.
(d) That he be driven to shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Cleopatra send to Antony with false report of her death?

2. What decision does Antony lament to the solider who greets him in the fifth scene of the fourth act?

3. How many soldiers are present in Act 4, Scene 9?

4. Whose hand does Antony clasp in Act 4, Scene 8?

5. Who enters the stage bleeding in Act 4, Scene 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cleopatra envision her shaming in Rome if she is taken there as a captive?

2. What characterizes Enobarbus' speech which he calls upon the moon to witness?

3. What is indicated by Cleopatra's refusal to come down to Antony in Act 4, Scene 15?

4. How does the course of the battle change in Act 4, Scene 10?

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

6. Why does Cleopatra feign submission to Caesar at the end of the play?

7. How does the news of Cleopatra's death affect Antony's actions?

8. For what reason does Caesar seek to preserve the life of Cleopatra after hearing that Antony has died?

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

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

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