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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cleopatra consult regarding the famine and plague?
(a) Tarot cards.
(b) Oracle at Delphi.
(c) Ancient runes.
(d) Biblical prophecies.

2. What is Cleopatra's overall personality?
(a) Passive.
(b) Shy.
(c) Ambitious.
(d) Sullen.

3. Who is Marc Antony's wife at this point?
(a) Fulvia.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Maria.
(d) Agricola.

4. Cleopatra receives a message from Marc Antony telling her that _______________.
(a) he is newly married.
(b) he is dying.
(c) he is coming to Egypt.
(d) he is divorced.

5. Cleopatra believes that she is ___________________ mentioned in the Sibylline Leaves.
(a) the Roman Emperor.
(b) the immortal beloved.
(c) the widow of Caesar.
(d) the Messiah.

6. Where do Cleopatra and Antony marry?
(a) The Temple of Isis.
(b) Cleopatra's barge.
(c) Cleopatra's palace.
(d) The Temple at Dendera.

7. What does the ambassador of Median offer up in exchange for a friendly relationship with Egypt?
(a) A huge sum of money.
(b) One half of his lands.
(c) His daughter's betrothal to Alexander.
(d) A peace treaty.

8. Who had Caesar claimed as his son in his will?
(a) Olympos.
(b) Antony.
(c) Octavian.
(d) Caesarion.

9. What name does Cleopatra give to her new son?
(a) Gaius Marcus.
(b) Ptolemy the Lesser.
(c) Alexander Helios.
(d) Marcus Heru.

10. What does Cleopatra begin to build in Chapter 39?
(a) New statues.
(b) Public baths.
(c) A navy.
(d) An army.

11. Antony and Cleopatra decide that they need ______________ should Octavian declare war.
(a) spies.
(b) better weapons.
(c) a navy.
(d) a bigger army.

12. Mardian tells Cleopatra that she must have a _____________.
(a) new army.
(b) co-ruler.
(c) physical exam.
(d) will.

13. What does Cleopatra initially decide about a relationship with Marc Antony?
(a) She will try to make it last.
(b) She will fall in love with him.
(c) He will love her more than she loves him.
(d) Nothing can come of it.

14. When Cleopatra brings money to Antony, she transports it on _______ ships to minimize the risk of losing it all.
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

15. What is another issue that Octavia uses to undermine Antony's power in Rome?
(a) His Spanish wife.
(b) His theft from the Roman treasury.
(c) His part in the plot to kill Caesar.
(d) His wish to be buried with Cleopatra in Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Mardian recommend for Cleopatra but she finds no interest in?

2. Why does Antony's army take a large tree stump with them as they leave for battle?

3. As part of Cleopatra's marriage contract with Antony, she now owns land that had once belonged to ___________.

4. What potion does Olympos urge Cleopatra to drink?

5. Cleopatra has a dream that Antony is surrounded by ______________.

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