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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French term does Sir Andrew Aguecheek not understand when speaking with Sir Toby Belch in Act I Scene III?
(a) Valor
(b) Caterwauling
(c) Diluculo surgere
(d) Pour quoi

2. What does Viola tell the jester she is almost sick for in Act III Scene I?
(a) A beard
(b) Sleep
(c) A drink
(d) A horse

3. What is the setting of Act III Scene IV?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) Olivia’s garden
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Duke Orsino’s Palace

4. Sebastian states in Act II Scene I that his “determinate voyage is mere” what?
(a) Extravagancy
(b) Endurance
(c) Extrapolation
(d) Excellence

5. What dog breed does Sir Toby Belch tell Sir Andrew that Maria is in Act II Scene III?
(a) A German Shepherd
(b) A Beagle
(c) A Great Dane
(d) A Burmese Mountain Dog

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many “souls and bodies” does Sir Toby Belch say Sir Andrew Aguecheek “hath divorced” when speaking with Cesario in Act III Scene IV?

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

4. 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?

5. What does the jester say “are no bottle-ale houses” in Act II Scene III?

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