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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom is Olivia observing a period of mourning in Act I?
(a) Her sister
(b) Her husband
(c) Her mother
(d) Her brother

2. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II, “When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes” what?
(a) Fall out
(b) Not see
(c) Find beauty
(d) See thine

3. What is Maria’s reply when asked in Act I Scene III, “Wherefore, sweetheart? What’s your metaphor?”
(a) It is blighted, sir
(b) It’s dry, sir
(c) It is lost, sir
(d) It’s extrapolated, sir

4. What is the court jester’s response when Olivia asks him in Act I Scene V, “What’s a drunken man like, fool?”
(a) Like a jester dancing on a roof
(b) Like a dancer, a coward, and a dead man
(c) Like a drowned man, a fool and a mad man
(d) Like a worried man falling through time

5. Orsino states in Act I Scene I, “If music be the food of ___, play on…”
(a) Honesty
(b) Love
(c) Faith
(d) Forgetfulness

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the true identity of Cesario in the play?

2. Valentine informs Orsino that Olivia will be observing a period of mourning for how many years in Act I?

3. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that his “quaffing” and what will undo him in Act I Scene III?

4. What is the setting of Act I Scene II?

5. What is the name of Olivia’s lady-in-waiting?

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