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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Antony: "I will be / A bridegroom in my death, and run into't / As to a lover's bed."

Eros: "Draw that thy honest sword, which thou hast worn / Most useful for thy country."

Antony: "When I did make thee free, sworest thou not then / To do this when I bade thee?" What does this moment between Antony and Eros represent?

  • A. Cleopatra's successful manipulation
  • B. A test of loyalty and self-sacrifice
  • C. Antony's reluctance to die
  • D. The dishonour of Eros refusing to fight
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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Caesar: "She shall be buried by her Antony: / No grave upon the earth shall clip in it / A pair so famous."

Dolabella: "Caesar, thy thoughts / Touch their effects in this: thyself art coming / To see perform'd the dreaded act which thou / So sought'st to hinder."

From the excerpt above, Caesar’s statement primarily reveals his

  • A. regret over his inability to prevent Cleopatra’s death
  • B. anger at Dolabella for disobeying his orders
  • C. admiration for the enduring fame of Antony and Cleopatra
  • D. desire to separate Antony and Cleopatra in death
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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Enobarbus: "Caesar's whole fleet's at sea: / Well spread and almost yare. For he's not dumb, / That tells my departure."

Agrippa: "Let's grant it is not / Amiss to tumble on the bed of Ptolemy; / To give a kingdom for a mirth, to sit / And keep the turn of tippling with a slave..."

What tone is used in the above excerpt and why?

  • A. Regretful, Caesar wishes to reconcile
  • B. Formal, discussing royal marriages
  • C. Dramatic, urging Antony to return to war
  • D. Sarcastic, mocking Antony's loss of dignity
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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Enobarbus:

I am alone the villain of the earth, And feel I am so most.

O Antony, Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid

My better service, when my turpitude Thou dost so crown with gold!

What emotion primarily drives Enobarbus in this speech?

  • A. Pride
  • B. Gratitude
  • C. Revenge
  • D. Guilt
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This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.

Cleopatra:

O, wither'd is the garland of the war,

The soldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and girls

Are level now with men; the odds is gone,

And there is nothing left remarkable

Beneath the visiting moon.

What is Cleopatra lamenting in this passage?

  • A. The fall of Rome
  • B. The destruction of her kingdom
  • C. The death of her son
  • D. The death of Antony
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