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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Feste claims he is not tall enough to do what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Endure mockery
(b) Enact the romance needed
(c) Be a gentle knave
(d) Become the function well

2. What word used by Olivia in Act IV Scene I means to wish evil on; to curse?
(a) Beshrew
(b) Dissemble
(c) Compensate
(d) Mellifluous

3. Referring to the jester, Viola speaks in soliloquy in Act III Scene I, stating, “This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of” what?
(a) Wit
(b) Disguise
(c) Deception
(d) Honesty

4. Sebastian claims he could not find Antonio where in Act IV Scene III?
(a) Before Olivia’s house
(b) The cubiculo
(c) Olivia’s garden
(d) The Elephant

5. When Sir Andrew Aguecheek departs in Act III Scene II, Sir Toby Belch tells him that he and Fabian will call on him where?
(a) Before Olivia’s house
(b) Olivia’s house
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Olivia’s garden

6. What word from Act IV Scene II means exaggerated?
(a) Hyperbolical
(b) Consecrated
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Knave

7. What character states the following in Act III Scene IV: “Go, hang yourselves all! you are idle shallow things: I am not of your element: you shall know more hereafter”?
(a) Fabian
(b) Sir Topas
(c) Malvolio
(d) Orsino

8. What character is arrested in Act III Scene IV?
(a) Antonio
(b) Maria
(c) Fabian
(d) Orsino

9. Malvolio describes the room he is in as being what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Padded
(b) Dark
(c) Painted blue
(d) Sunny

10. Of whom does Olivia speak when she says in Act III Scene IV, “he is sad and civil, and suits well for a servant with my fortunes”?
(a) Titus
(b) Malvolio
(c) Feste
(d) Fabian

11. What image is depicted on the jewel that Olivia gives Cesario in Act III Scene IV?
(a) Viola’s picture
(b) The ocean
(c) Olivia’s picture
(d) Sebastian’s picture

12. What is the meaning of the word “requite” used in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Deny
(b) Sleep
(c) Compensate
(d) Beauty

13. What location does Antonio tell Sebastian is the best place to lodge in Act III Scene III?
(a) The Black Cat
(b) The Elephant
(c) The Flamingo
(d) The Ostrich

14. What term in the stage directions of the play refers to a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience?
(a) Knave
(b) Pox
(c) Aside
(d) Mellifluous

15. In Act III Scene I, Olivia says “how much the better to fall before the lion than the” what?
(a) Dragon
(b) Vulture
(c) Wolf
(d) Shark

Short Answer Questions

1. The jester claims not to be Olivia’s fool, but her “corrupter of” what in Act III Scene I?

2. By what name does Olivia address Sir Toby Belch when she enters in Act IV Scene I?

3. Which of the five rivers of Hades is cited from Greek mythology in Act IV Scene I?

4. What legendary creature described as a two-legged dragon with a rooster's head does Sir Toby Belch mention in Act III Scene IV?

5. Malvolio begs Feste to help him to find what in Act IV Scene II?

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