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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Antony NOT command his men to do after his defeat at Actium?

2. What of Cleopatra's does Antony say repays him for the loss at Actium?

3. To whom does Enorbarbus predict Antony will be faithful?

4. Who does Antony report has made new wars against Pompey?

5. It is reported in Act 3, Scene 5, that Caesar has arrested whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the discussion between Enobarbus and Agrippa in the first part of Act 3, Scene 2?

2. For what reasons are tensions brewing between Antony and Caesar in Act 3, Scene 4?

3. In what way does Antony compose himself in Act 4, Scene 2?

4. What characterizes the manner with which Cleopatra reacts to Antony's decisions?

5. For what reason does Antony spurn the news that has come from Rome at the play's beginning?

6. What causes Antony to flee the battle of Actium?

7. What does the sight of Thyreus kissing Cleopatra's hand provoke in Mark Antony?

8. For what reason does Mecaenas imply that striking Antony while the beleaguered triumvir is in his rage is strategically sound

9. What is the result of Antony's fleeing from Actium?

10. What characterizes Antony's speech after Actium, before Cleopatra arrives, at the palace in Alexandria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compose a carefully crafted and well-planned analytical essay on the character of Mark Antony. As the story's protagonist, he is regarded as an extraordinary man whose life ends in exceptional calamity and disintegration. What are his principal character traits? In what ways does Antony stand out from the rest of the characters in the story? How do these contribute to his being an extraordinary man? What affects his downfall? What characterizes the disintegration of Antony's life? How does Antony's life drive the lives of others and the plot of the story? What way of life does Antony represent?

Essay Topic 2

In a variety of scenes and a variety of manners, the play constantly exposes the inherent dangers of political success and failure. Analyze this exposition as it occurs throughout the play in a well-organized essay. In what scenes is political danger a dominant theme? How are the dangers of politics portrayed? Which characters provide insight on the dangers of the political machinations of the play and how are they exposed? What is the significance of the inherent dangers of politics to the tragic nature of the play?

Essay Topic 3

A seldom explicitly mentioned theme throughout the play is the fidelity and infidelity of minor characters despite maltreatment and disregard for their more fundamental rights. Thoughtfully explicate this theme in a well-developed essay. How do the various minor characters demonstrate their fidelity and to whom? For what reasons do the characters evidently remain loyal? Contrariwise, which characters forsake their obligations to fidelity, and for what reasons are they motivated to do so? What do these various relationships of disparate levels of fidelity indicate about the fundamental human tendencies regarding loyalty?

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