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Antony and Cleopatra Quiz 1

1. Shakespeare lived during
- the eighteenth century
- the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
- the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
- the fifteenth century
2. Antony and Cleopatra was written in
- 1343
- 1595
- 1607
- 1725
3. Antony and Cleopatra is categorized as a
- comedy
- one of Shakespeare's "Roman play"
- both tragedy and one of Shakespeare's "Roman play"
- tragedy
4. Shakespeare's plays were performed at
- both the Globe theater and the Blackfriars theater
- the Globe theater
- the Blackfriars theater
- the Dionysia festival
5. When Shakespeare first came to London, England was under the reign of
- Queen Elizabeth I
- King Henry VIII
- King James I
- Queen Elizabeth II
6. Cleopatra is
- Queen of Egypt
- Queen of Denial
- Empress of Rome
- Queen of Parthia
7. A triumvir is
- one of the three members of the triumvirate, an alliance of powerful generals who rule Rome and all her territories
- one of the three members of the triumvirate, an alliance of admirals who rule the Sicilian pirate fleet
- a Roman lieutenant
- an Egyptian courtesan
8. Octavius Caesar is
- Julius Caesar's nephew and heir
- another name for Julius Caesar
- both Julius Caesar's nephew and heir and Cleopatra's treacherous son
- Cleopatra's treacherous son
9. Lepidus is
- a leper
- the most powerful Roman since Romulus
- the weakest of the triumvirs
- one of Antony's trusted advisors
10. Domitius Enobarbus is
- Antony's friend and a cynical observer of events
- one of Antony's favorite slaves
- Octavius' sauna slave
- a eunuch in Cleopatra's court

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