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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 send after his most recent deserter in Act 4, Scene 5?
(a) The deserter's sword.
(b) The deserter's wife's head.
(c) The deserter's treasure.
(d) The deserter's servants.

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

3. What does Antony compare to the spirit of a youth who "means to be of note," in Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) The sight of one's beloved before battle.
(b) The present morning.
(c) The sound of trumpets before war.
(d) A battle fought at night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker in Act 4's eleventh scene say the associated army shall be?

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

3. What does Antony call the work of a soldier in war?

4. What is Caesar's will regarding Antony in Act 4, Scene 6?

5. With what word does Enobarbus describe his revolt in comparison to Antony's nobility?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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