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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 Eros after the latter's suicide?
(a) Cleopatra's shadow.
(b) Twice the fool.
(c) Much better the man.
(d) Thrice-nobler than he.

2. How many soldiers speak in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

3. What do the soldiers resolve to do about the noise in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Ignore it.
(b) Follow it.
(c) Listen to it.
(d) Silence it.

4. How does the speaker in Act 4's eleventh scene say the associated army shall be?
(a) Violent.
(b) Still.
(c) Fierce.
(d) Tired.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For whom does Antony call at the end of Act 4's twelfth scene?

3. From next to where does Antony go to discover the outcome of the sea-battle at Alexandria?

4. Whom does Antony call a "great fairy"?

5. What god does the Second Soldier say is leaving Antony?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the sudden music expose within the soldiers of Antony before the battle at Alexandria?

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

5. To what end does Cleopatra commit herself, and why, after Antony has died?

6. What does Antony mean by saying that his men have "shown all Hectors" and why is this significant?

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

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

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

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

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