All for Love Quizzes

All for Love Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Lord Byron

Christopher Marlowe

John Dryden

William Shakespeare
2 When did the play premiere?
1677

1654

1686

1688
3 Where was it performed?
Dublin

New York

London

Paris
4 Which play is it similar to?
Macbeth

Much Ado About Nothing

Hamlet

Antony and Cleopatra
5 Where does the play take place?
Rome

Egypt

Paris

London
6 Where in Egypt?
Luxor

Cairo

Alexandria

Aswan
7 Which of the following is not a John Dryden play?
Marriage a la mode

Doctor Faustus

The Indian Queen

The Wild Gallant
8 What is John Dryden's most famous poem?
Anne Killigrew

Absalom and Achitophel

The Hind and the Panther

Annus Mirabilis
9 Who opens the play?
Iras

Cleopatra

Serapion

Antony
10 Where does the first scene take place?
Antony's tent

Cleopatra's bed chambers

On the banks of the Nile

The Temple of Isis
11 Who is Serapion talking to in the first scene?
Cleopatra

Dolabella

Myris

Ventidius
12 What are they discussing?
The fact that it has been sunny for a whole year

Antony's impotence

Cleopatra's nymphomania

Dark omens
13 Who enters and denies Serapion's interpretation of the omens?
Antony

Alexas

Cleopatra

Ventidius
14 What is notable about Alexas?
He is very old

He is Roman

He is intersex

He is a eunuch
15 Who has recently defeated Antony?
Octavius

Cleopatra

Ventidius

Caesar
16 In what battle was Antony defeated?
The Battle of Actium

The Battle of Zama

The Battle of Rome

The Battle of Cannae
17 Why are the Egyptians worried about Antony leaving Cleopatra?
He is the only one keeping their military together

They think Cleopatra would kill herself

They think that if he left the Egyptian economy would suffer

They know that then Egypt would become a Roman province
18 What is Antony's state of mind at the start of the play?
He is anxious to perform a piece of poetry he wrote

He is very sad and reclusive

He is scared but determined

He is very happy and excited
19 Who first comes to lure Antony away?
Octavia

Ventidius

Alexas

Dolabella
20 Who is Ventidius?
A priest

A general

A eunuch

A jester
21 What is the significance of the day on which the play takes place?
It is Caesar's birthday

It is Cleopatra's birthday

It is Antony's birthday

It is Antony's wedding anniversary
22 How many legions are waiting for Antony?
6

15

10

12
23 Where?
Rome

Morocco

Syria

Athens
24 On what condition will the armies fight with Antony?
If he leaves Cleopatra

If he kills Octavius

If he stays with Cleopatra

If he promises to never go back to Egypt
25 What is Cleopatra's response to Antony's departure?
Abject sadness

Confusion and dismay

Relief

Indifference

Comment on the theme in the play all for love?

John Dryden's All For Love is a neoclassical tragedy that retells the story of Antony and Cleopatra. The play deals with themes such as tragic love, honor, political power, and the consequences of uncontrollable passion. Unlike Shakespeare's...

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Comment on the lines "no lovers live so great or died so well."

The above quote is from Antony and Cleopatra. In this play, Dryden makes no secret of the fact that Shakespeare's play held influence over his own. Thus, the quote (Shakespeare's) ties the two plays together.

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Important questions that can be deduced from the play

GradeSaver has a complete page dedicated to essay questions pertaining to All for Love readily available for your use. I have provided the direct link below.

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All for Love

by John Dryden

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