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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Malvolio hands Cesario what object in Act II Scene II?
(a) A handkerchief
(b) A necklace
(c) A letter
(d) A ring

2. Sir Toby Belch claims that the “foolish knight” he brought to woo Olivia earns how much per year in Act I Scene III?
(a) 7,000 ducats
(b) 1,500 ducats
(c) 3,000 ducats
(d) 12,000 ducats

3. Who has just saved Sebastian’s life in Act II Scene I?
(a) Antonio
(b) Sir Topas
(c) Titus
(d) Fabian

4. Where does Viola say her brother is in Act I Scene II?
(a) Illyria
(b) Messaline
(c) Elysium
(d) Prague

5. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Let her hang me: he that is well hanged in this world needs to fear no” what?
(a) Rain
(b) Storms
(c) Colors
(d) Faith

6. The Captain tells Viola that he was born how many hoursof travel from the place they stand in Act I Scene II?
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 8
(d) 3

7. The jester says in Act II Scene III that “Malvolio’s nose is no” what?
(a) Whipstock
(b) Hound’s
(c) Coxcomb
(d) Lout

8. Olivia’s lips are compared to those of whom from Roman mythology in Act I Scene IV?
(a) Athena’s
(b) Titus’s
(c) Diana’s
(d) Jove’s

9. What is the name of Olivia’s steward in the play?
(a) Fabian
(b) Malvolio
(c) Titus
(d) Feste

10. How does Sir Andrew Aguecheek describe the jester’s singing voice in Act II Scene III?
(a) Hyperbolical
(b) Mellifluous
(c) Consecrated
(d) Caterwauling

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

12. Orsino describes music as a “sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of ______” in Act I Scene I?
(a) Violets
(b) Poppies
(c) Tulips
(d) Lupines

13. When the jester enters in Act II Scene III Sir Andrew Aguecheek speaks of his discussion of whom from the night before?
(a) Socrates
(b) Aristotle
(c) Pythagoras
(d) Pigrogromitus

14. What is the name of Olivia’s lady-in-waiting?
(a) Viola
(b) Katharina
(c) Maria
(d) Madonna

15. By what name does the court jester refer to Olivia in Act I Scene V?
(a) Diana
(b) Katharina
(c) Madonna
(d) Beatrice

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Act I Scene V?

2. Orsino states in Act I Scene I, “If music be the food of ___, play on…”

3. How is Sir Toby Belch related to Olivia in the play?

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

5. What is the court jester’s response when Olivia asks him in Act I Scene V, “What’s a drunken man like, fool?”

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