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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Cleopatra meet Antony in Chapter 54?
(a) Cairo.
(b) Antioch.
(c) Tunisia.
(d) Rome.

2. To what city does Olympos volunteer to take Caesarion?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Rome.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Bombay.

3. Egyptian commodities of papyrus and __________ are in high demand.
(a) wine.
(b) glass.
(c) diamonds.
(d) gold.

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

5. Who is sending supplies and reinforcements to Antony in Syria?
(a) Calpurnia.
(b) Octavia.
(c) Olympos.
(d) Marcus Aurelius.

6. What name does Cleopatra give to her new daughter?
(a) Meskehenet Berenice.
(b) Cleopatra Selene.
(c) Carpathia Selene.
(d) Cleopatra Isis.

7. What news does Cleopatra not share with Marc Antony?
(a) She helped plan the plot to kill Caesar.
(b) Caesarion is not Caesar's son.
(c) She will marry Octavian.
(d) She is pregnant with his child.

8. An encounter with a soothsayer makes Cleopatra fear that she is to be _______________________.
(a) the Roman Emperor.
(b) the mother of an Emperor.
(c) assassinated before Antony returns.
(d) the last of the pharaohs to rule Egypt.

9. What does Antony ask that Cleopatra bring to him?
(a) Horses.
(b) The children.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Money.

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

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

12. Who is Antony's personal aide?
(a) Isis.
(b) Eros.
(c) Abasi.
(d) Ma'at.

13. What is the cause of Antony's depression in Chapter 68?
(a) He has a terminal illness.
(b) Octavian's betrayal.
(c) His advancing age.
(d) Trouble with Cleopatra.

14. What potion does Olympos urge Cleopatra to drink?
(a) One that will abort her child.
(b) One that will help her sleep.
(c) One that will improve stamina.
(d) One that will cure hiccups.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Antony and Cleopatra decide that they need ______________ should Octavian declare war.

2. What has happened to Cassius and Brutus?

3. What gift does Cleopatra bring for Caesarion from her travels?

4. What gift does Antony give to each guest at a banquet?

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

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