1: Cleopatra was the queen of
a. Mesopotamia
b. Rome
c. Ethiopia
d. Egypt
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2: From early in the play, it's clear that the Romans
a. are mesmerized by Cleopatra's unworldly physical beauty.
b. generally dislike the queen.
c. believe Cleopatra is the greatest pharaoh ever.
d. want to see the queen married to a commoner.
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3: The central theme of Antony and Cleopatra is
a. love versus war.
b. family above all else.
c. romance and politics can mix successfully.
d. war is won only through the death of dreams.
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4: What is Antony's marital status when he swears his love for Cleopatra?
a. He's a recent widower.
b. He's never been married.
c. His partner has left him for another man.
d. He's married.
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5: In Elizabethan times, the term "Roman" often signified
a. seriousness and deep devotion to duty.
b. selflessness in family and civil duties.
c. a wandering eye for the opposite sex.
d. a soldier's ultimate fate in certain death.
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6: Who of the following was not among Cleopatra's attendants?
a. Charmain
b. Fulvia
c. Iras
d. Alexis.
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7: Who or what is a eunuch, as found in Antony and Cleopatra?
a. The Roman court jester with special powers of persuasion
b. A deceased lover brought back as a ghost
c. A male castrated to serve as a domestic
d. A young female selected to dress like a boy on stage
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8: How is Octavius Caesar related to Julius Caesar?
a. Julius is Octavius's grandfather.
b. Octavius is Julius's grand nephew.
c. They're father and son, through Julius's marriage to Cleopatra's oldest sister.
d. They shared the same last name without any biological connection.
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9: As the play unfolds, to whom is Antony betrothed?
a. Cleopatra
b. A servant who Shakespeare chooses to remain anonymous until the final scene
c. Octavia
d. Dolabella
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10: What is "green-sickness," as Enobarbus refers to in Antony and Cleopatra?
a. The pain suffered from the bite of an asp
b. The giddy feeling girls feel when they think they are in love
c. The after effects of overindulgence at a banquet full of food and drink
d. Pure envy
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11: Caesar shows himself to be the complete soldier by
a. recognizing Cleopatra for being the clever, accomplished leader she is.
b. his disassociation with his troops as he falls for Cleopatra's truth telling.
c. showing ignorance about aspects of life having nothing to do with war or politics.
d. showing compassion for the small children he encounters in the royal court.
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12: Shakespeare prepares his audience for the decisive Battle of Actium by inserting which the following, an element he used in other of his plays, including Hamlet?
a. Tragic flaw of the protagonist
b. Retrospective glance
c. An unexpected comic scene
d. Supernatural omens
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13: In ancient Rome, suicide was considered
a. the worst offense against God and humanity.
b. an honorable solution to a problem.
c. the only reasonable entryway to an afterlife.
d. a result of battle fatigue.
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14: Who says the following: "Kingdoms are clay; our dungy earth alike / Feeds beast as man."
a. Cleopatra
b. A soothsayer
c. Antony
d. Thyreus
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15: Who says the following: "Let not the piece of virtue which is set / Betwixt us as the cement of our love, / To keep it builded, be the ram to batter / The fortress of it."
a. Antony to Cleopatra
b. Caesar to Antony
c. Caesar to Octavia
d. Pompey to Lepidus
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