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Cleopatra was the final "divine" imperial ruler of Egypt. What is the historical title for this position?
Pharaoh
Aten
Hierophant
Marquess
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Cleopatra's actual numerical designation of lineage was which of the following?
Cleopatra II
Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra XIX
Cleopatra LV
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Cleopatra was a member of what Hellenistic dynasty which spawned from one of Alexander the Great's legendary sub-commanders?
The Garrudian Dynasty
The Ptolemaic Dynasty
The Huguenot Dynasty
The Ilphiadel Dynasty
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In the year 58 B.C., Cleopatra and her father Ptolemy XII were ousted by Cleopatra's sister Berenice IV. As a result they fled to seek asylum in what nation?
Greece
Rome
England
Spain
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Much of Cleopatra's power was secured by her relationship with what famous man who was the first dictator of Rome?
Pompey
Cicero
Julius Caesar
Tiberius Caesar
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Cleopatra had to win her throne by fighting a civil war with what brother?
Ptolemy XIII
Akhenaten I
Tutankhamun II
Setti VIII
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At what 47 B.C. battle did the combined forces of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar kill Ptolemy XIII to claim Egypt's throne for Cleopatra?
The Battle of the Nasir Delta
The Battle of Tiber
The Battle of the Nile
The Battle of Memphis
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Julius Caesar and Cleopatra had a son together. What was his name?
Caesarion
Junius
Octavian
Brutus
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After Julius Caesar was assassinated, Cleopatra began an affair with what powerful Roman leader who was a friend of Caesar's?
Caius Cassius
Mark Antony
Marcus Brutus
Octavian
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What order was made by Cleopatra and Mark Antony to divide their territory and their conquered Parthian lands between their children?
The Donation of Alexandria
The Final Decision
The Iranian Decree
The Edict of Nantes
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Cleopatra's reign would eventually be broken by a leader who would later be known as Augustus Caesar. In the days of Cleopatra, what was the name of this historical figure?
Tiberius
Cicero
Marcus Lepidus
Octavian
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The war between Antony/Cleopatra and Octavian is generally called the Actium War. However, it bears what other name which alludes to how it was the war that would determine the fate of the Roman Republic?
The Last Stand of Rome
Octavian's Conquest
The War of Roman Destiny
The Final War
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What is the name of the final battle of the War of Actium where Octavian destroyed the navies of Antony and Cleopatra to shatter both of their reigns?
The Battle of Actium
The Battle of Breaden
The Second Battle of the Nile
The Battle of the Five Pillars
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How did Cleopatra die?
She was killed by Octavian personally.
She poisoned herself.
She and Antony killed one another.
She threw herself into the Nile.
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Historical interest in Cleopatra was largely renewed by William Shakespeare's play about her life and death which was titled what?
Love's Labors Lost
The Rise and Fall of the Last Pharaoh
The Tempest
Cleopatra and Antony
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