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

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

3. What sort of men does Antony lament his poor fortunes have corrupted?
(a) Brave men.
(b) Those already corrupt.
(c) Honest men.
(d) Cowardly men.

4. Whom does Antony call a "great fairy"?
(a) Octavia.
(b) Taurus.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Caesar.

5. Who accompanies Antony at the outset of Act 4, Scene 12?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) Diomedes.
(c) Scarus.
(d) Eros.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Antony demand bring his armor in Act 4, Scene 4?

2. Caesar says that the news of Antony's death is tidings enough to wash the eyes of whom?

3. Whom is it reported by Enobarbus that Caesar has hanged without good reason?

4. Whom does Cleopatra say she and her companions shall make proud to take them?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is revealed by Antony's immediate blame of Cleopatra for the surrender of his fleet?

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