Antony and Cleopatra Quizzes

Antony and Cleopatra Quiz 1

By Eddie Borey · Last reviewed June 16, 2003

1 Shakespeare lived during

the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries

the eighteenth century

the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

the fifteenth century
2 Antony and Cleopatra was written in

1343

1725

1607

1595
3 Antony and Cleopatra is categorized as a

comedy

tragedy

one of Shakespeare's "Roman play"

both tragedy and one of Shakespeare's "Roman plays"
4 Shakespeare's plays were performed at

the Blackfriars theater

the Dionysia festival

both the Globe theater and the Blackfriars theater

the Globe theater
5 When Shakespeare first came to London, England was under the reign of

King James I

King Henry VIII

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth I
6 Cleopatra is

Queen of Parthia

Empress of Rome

Queen of Egypt

Queen of Denial
7 A triumvir is

one of the three members of the triumvirate, an alliance of admirals who rule the Sicilian pirate fleet

one of the three members of the triumvirate, an alliance of powerful generals who rule Rome and all her territories

a Roman lieutenant

an Egyptian courtesan
8 Octavius Caesar is

another name for Julius Caesar

Cleopatra's treacherous son

both Julius Caesar's nephew and heir and Cleopatra's treacherous son

Julius Caesar's nephew and heir
9 Lepidus is

the most powerful Roman since Romulus

one of Antony's trusted advisors

a leper

the weakest of the triumvirs
10 Domitius Enobarbus is

one of Antony's favorite slaves

Octavius' sauna slave

Antony's friend and a cynical observer of events

a eunuch in Cleopatra's court
11 Charmian and Iras are

virgin priestesses of Isis

two of the Olympian gods

Cleopatra's sisters

Cleopatra's ladies-in-waiting
12 Pompey

is a power by land

is a power by sea

both is a power by sea and killed Antony's mother

killed Antony's mother
13 The attitude of most of Antony's soldiers regarding Antony's affair with Cleopatra could best be described as

satisfied and proud

angry but surprised

disdainful and disapproving

loving and pleased
14 Octavius could best be described as

weak and naïve

ambitious and single-minded

kind but deceitful

loving but irrational
15 Cleopatra is

a lover of pleasure

secretly in love with Octavius

a great naval strategist

a resentful feminist
16 William Shakespeare's main source for Antony and Cleopatra is the writer

Seneca

Judith Butler

Plutarch

Pliny
17 Antony is

sexually impotent

a great field commander

determined to rule all of the Roman Empire

a former slave
18 The soothsayer warns Antony that

Cleopatra is a whore and a liar

people in Egypt hate him

he is destined to outlive Cleopatra

in all contests against Caesar, Antony will lose
19 At the beginning of the play, the atmosphere of Cleopatra's court could best be described as

sensual and lively

austere and organized

luxurious and static

dynamic and unstable
20 Cleopatra is

still a teenager

in her thirties

in her forties

in her twenties
21 Octavia is

Antony's sister-in-law

Octavius' sister

Lepidus' wife

both Octavius' sister and Lepidus' wife
22 Pompey has to agree to the triumvirate's terms in Act Two in part because

Domitius Enobarbus has betrayed

Antony has returned, and he is a great field commander

His plot to assassinate the triumvirate has turned Roman public opinion against him

Cleopatra's wealth backs the triumvirate
23 The war between Antony and Octavius is initiated by

Antony

Lepidus

Cleopatra

Octavius
24 Antony' marries Octavius Caesar's sister because

she is beautiful

the alliance between Antony and Caesar must be sealed

Cleopatra has been unfaithful, and he wants to make her jealous

Lepidus will kill him otherwise
25 Which of these ideas is most closely related to fate in the play?

the favor of the gods

dramatic good fortune

a lover's fidelity

historical necessity

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