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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. How is Cleopatra received by the people of Rome?

2. Which of the following is NOT true about Cleopatra's sister, Berenice?

3. What does Caesar tell Cleopatra about Caesarion?

4. Who accompanies Cleopatra and Pompey on a tour of the city?

5. Why does Cleopatra think that Caesar has brought her to Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Cleopatra trick Caesar into a marriage ceremony at Philae?

2. What is the nature of Caesar and Cleopatra's public meetings, and what does Cleopatra find particularly interesting about the city?

3. What is Caesar's reaction to seeing his son for the first time?

4. Why does Cleopatra hire Epaphroditus?

5. Why does Caesar invite Cleopatra to Rome?

6. Why does Cleopatra become fast friends with Olympos and Mardian?

7. With what illness is Caesar afflicted?

8. Why does Cleopatra feel so vulnerable regarding her personal relationship with Caesar?

9. What was it about Caesar's character that Cleopatra capitalized on in order to entice him?

10. How does Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, deal with Caesar's extramarital indiscretions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall settings for the story. Why does the author use the settings she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

What if Cleopatra had lived? What would Cleopatra have done if she had lived longer than her 39 years? Would she have been overthrown and exiled? Would she have been assassinated at some point? How would she have guided the lives of her children? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

THE MEMOIRS OF CLEOPATRA is a classic example of historical fiction. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

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