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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 30 through 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Cleopatra received by the people of Rome?
(a) She is exiled.
(b) She is ignored.
(c) She is unpopular.
(d) She is popular.

2. Why does Caesar say he will not divorce Calpurnia?
(a) She is very ill.
(b) She has money.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) She has stood behind him during his rise to the top.

3. Cleopatra talks at length with Epaphroditus about ____________________.
(a) astronomy.
(b) an oracle.
(c) a Messiah.
(d) astrology.

4. After her father's death, Cleopatra is to co-rule with ______________.
(a) her nephew.
(b) her sister.
(c) her uncle.
(d) her brother.

5. What does Caesar tell Cleopatra about Caesarion?
(a) Caesarion has no legal standing in Rome.
(b) Caesarion is not his true son.
(c) Caesarion will rule Rome one day.
(d) Caesarion is too weak to rule Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Octavian being sent away?

2. Which of the following is NOT a pastime Cleopatra indulged in with Mardian?

3. At what age does Cleopatra realize that she could be forced to marry and bear children?

4. Caesar tells Cleopatra that he will soon leave for a military campaign in which country?

5. Cleopatra has to travel to _____________ to discredit a man claiming to be the elder Ptolemy.

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