This work is especially full of Elizabethan language, seafaring terms and classical allusions that formed the Renaissance view of the ancient world. To take the Antony And Cleopatra Vocabulary Quiz you should know words like mandragora, triumvir, and mandrake. Adapt your language skills to learn the vocabulary of the Roman Empire.
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Antony And Cleopatra Vocabulary Quiz Questions
- In the play, the word “dotage” most nearly means
- The term “bawd” refers to
- When Cleopatra speaks of “the Nile,” it symbolizes
- The word “strumpet” as used in the play means
- To “bate” someone’s courage means to
- The word “paragon” as used by Antony means
- The term “cuckoo” as used metaphorically means
- To “temper” in Shakespearean usage means
- “Purge” in Antony’s speech most closely means
- The word “abject” in the play means
- When Antony calls himself “a Roman by a Roman valiantly vanquished,” “vanquished” means
- The term “pale” as used in Cleopatra’s imagery means
- The word “cleave” in Shakespeare’s diction can mean
- To “entreat” someone means
- The word “chastise” as used in Roman dialogue means
- When Cleopatra says “perchance,” she means
- The word “visage” refers to
- To “dissemble” means to
- The term “augury” in the play refers to
- The word “vassal” means
- When Antony calls Cleopatra “my serpent of old Nile,” “serpent” implies
- To “forswear” means
- The term “bootless” means
- When Caesar refers to Antony’s “dotard heart,” “dotard” means
- The word “crown” used symbolically in the play represents
- “Revel” in Antony’s dialogue means
- To “wrangle” means
- The term “portent” means
- “Yoke” in the Roman context refers to
- When Cleopatra speaks of “charms,” she refers to