All for Love Quizzes

All for Love Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?
Christopher Marlowe

William Shakespeare

John Dryden

Lord Byron
2 When did the play premiere?
1686

1688

1677

1654
3 Where was it performed?
Paris

London

Dublin

New York
4 Which play is it similar to?
Hamlet

Macbeth

Much Ado About Nothing

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

Egypt

Paris

London
6 Where in Egypt?
Cairo

Aswan

Luxor

Alexandria
7 Which of the following is not a John Dryden play?
The Indian Queen

Marriage a la mode

The Wild Gallant

Doctor Faustus
8 What is John Dryden's most famous poem?
Absalom and Achitophel

Anne Killigrew

The Hind and the Panther

Annus Mirabilis
9 Who opens the play?
Serapion

Antony

Iras

Cleopatra
10 Where does the first scene take place?
Cleopatra's bed chambers

Antony's tent

On the banks of the Nile

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

Dolabella

Myris

Cleopatra
12 What are they discussing?
Dark omens

Antony's impotence

The fact that it has been sunny for a whole year

Cleopatra's nymphomania
13 Who enters and denies Serapion's interpretation of the omens?
Ventidius

Cleopatra

Alexas

Antony
14 What is notable about Alexas?
He is intersex

He is very old

He is a eunuch

He is Roman
15 Who has recently defeated Antony?
Cleopatra

Ventidius

Caesar

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

The Battle of Rome

The Battle of Zama

The Battle of Actium
17 Why are the Egyptians worried about Antony leaving Cleopatra?
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

He is the only one keeping their military together
18 What is Antony's state of mind at the start of the play?
He is very happy and excited

He is very sad and reclusive

He is scared but determined

He is anxious to perform a piece of poetry he wrote
19 Who first comes to lure Antony away?
Ventidius

Dolabella

Alexas

Octavia
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?
15

6

10

12
23 Where?
Syria

Rome

Athens

Morocco
24 On what condition will the armies fight with Antony?
If he kills Octavius

If he stays with Cleopatra

If he promises to never go back to Egypt

If he leaves Cleopatra
25 What is Cleopatra's response to Antony's departure?
Indifference

Confusion and dismay

Abject sadness

Relief

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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