CLEOPATRA
– QUEEN OF EGYPT
Comprehension:
1 –
How many queens did the name Cleopatra correspond?
Answer: Seven queens.
2 – Who was the most famous of all of them?
Answer:The most famous was Cleopatra VII, born in 69 BC.
3 – Mention two literature works related to Cleopatra.
Answer: William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar and Cleopatra.
4 – Did Cleopatra VII rule Egypt by herself?
Answer: No, Cleopatra became joint ruler with her younger brother Ptolemy XIII
5 – How did her brother Ptolemy III die?
Answer: He drowned in the Nile.
6 – When did she become Mark Antonys mistress?
Answer: In 42 BC.
7 – How did the Ptolemaic dynasty end?
Answer: When Cleopatras son, King Ptolemy XV, was murdered, the Ptolemaic dynasty ended.
8 – What does THEY mean in the sentence They planned to set up
Answer: Mark Antony and Cleopatra
9 – Who was murdered on Cleopatras orders?
a) Ptolemy XII
b) Ptolemy III
c) Ptolemy XIV
d) Ptolemy XV
Answer: C