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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. What is Cleopatra's overall personality?

2. What is Selene's overall personality?

3. What does Cleopatra consult regarding the famine and plague?

4. What potion does Olympos urge Cleopatra to drink?

5. To what city does Olympos volunteer to take Caesarion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tradition of marriage in Cleopatra's family?

2. What logic does Cleopatra use to try to convince Antony to divorce Octavia?

3. Why is Cleopatra particularly disappointed in the contents of Caesar's will?

4. How does the author use the technique of foreshadowing when telling about the wise, old man who is bitten by an asp and dies?

5. Why does Cleopatra take offense to something Mardian says regarding Cleopatra's need to re-marry?

6. What does Cleopatra name the son she has with Marc Antony?

7. What is the dream that Cleopatra has regarding Antony's survival in battle?

8. What is Cleopatra's behavior like when she sets her sights on a man?

9. What stance of Antony's incites Octavian to declare war?

10. What insensitive stance does Antony make regarding his children with Cleopatra that makes her decide to remain a single parent and ruler?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ambition takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of Cleopatra's, Caesar's and Antony's ambitions? Was she consumed with winning and getting ahead? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Cleopatra was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you know of Cleopatra's life through this book, what were her biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did she manage through them? How did her coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of her life? Explain.

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