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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. How is the army of Caesar preparing for the second day of battle at Alexandria?
(a) With fire.
(b) By land.
(c) By river.
(d) By sea.

2. Whom does Caesar send to accompany the speaker sent to Cleopatra in the first part of the final act?
(a) Dercetas.
(b) Dolabella.
(c) Proculeius.
(d) Gallus.

3. Of what does Caesar say the death of Antony should have made a greater?
(a) Noise.
(b) Notice.
(c) Light.
(d) Crack.

4. Whose "case of that huge spirit now is cold" as said by Cleopatra?
(a) Caesar's.
(b) Antony's
(c) Rome's.
(d) Her own.

5. What does Caesar say the world shall bear freely if the battle of Alexandria goes well?
(a) The corpse of Antony.
(b) The olive.
(c) The dove.
(d) Its Caesar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Antony position his foot soldiers before the second day of battle at Alexandria?

2. What does Enobarbus throw against the "flint and hardness" of his fault, figuratively speaking?

3. Who brings news to Antony that Cleopatra is not dead?

4. What does Cleopatra say she will give to Scarus for his valor?

5. In whose arms does Mark Antony die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has the battle gone so far, in Act 4, Scene 7?

2. How does Caesar gain an advantage by holding his land forces still?

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

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

5. What effect on Antony's disposition does the desertion by Enobarbus have?

6. In what way are the places of the two armies shown to be exchanged in Act 4, Scene 8?

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

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

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

10. What does Antony say will happen to Cleopatra if she does not vanish after his fleet has betrayed him?

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