All for Love Quizzes

All for Love Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare

John Dryden

Lord Byron

Christopher Marlowe
2 When did the play premiere?
1677

1686

1688

1654
3 Where was it performed?
Dublin

Paris

London

New York
4 Which play is it similar to?
Much Ado About Nothing

Macbeth

Hamlet

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

Paris

Egypt

London
6 Where in Egypt?
Aswan

Luxor

Cairo

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

The Wild Gallant

Doctor Faustus

The Indian Queen
8 What is John Dryden's most famous poem?
The Hind and the Panther

Anne Killigrew

Annus Mirabilis

Absalom and Achitophel
9 Who opens the play?
Cleopatra

Serapion

Iras

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

The Temple of Isis

Cleopatra's bed chambers

On the banks of the Nile
11 Who is Serapion talking to in the first scene?
Ventidius

Cleopatra

Dolabella

Myris
12 What are they discussing?
Dark omens

Antony's impotence

Cleopatra's nymphomania

The fact that it has been sunny for a whole year
13 Who enters and denies Serapion's interpretation of the omens?
Ventidius

Alexas

Antony

Cleopatra
14 What is notable about Alexas?
He is intersex

He is very old

He is Roman

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

Cleopatra

Ventidius

Octavius
16 In what battle was Antony defeated?
The Battle of Rome

The Battle of Actium

The Battle of Cannae

The Battle of Zama
17 Why are the Egyptians worried about Antony leaving Cleopatra?
They think that if he left the Egyptian economy would suffer

He is the only one keeping their military together

They know that then Egypt would become a Roman province

They think Cleopatra would kill herself
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 general

A jester

A eunuch

A priest
21 What is the significance of the day on which the play takes place?
It is Antony's wedding anniversary

It is Cleopatra's birthday

It is Antony's birthday

It is Caesar's birthday
22 How many legions are waiting for Antony?
10

12

15

6
23 Where?
Rome

Syria

Morocco

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

If he leaves Cleopatra

If he promises to never go back to Egypt

If he kills Octavius
25 What is Cleopatra's response to Antony's departure?
Abject sadness

Relief

Indifference

Confusion and dismay

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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