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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Olivia’s court jester?
(a) Feste
(b) Fabian
(c) Malvolio
(d) Titus

2. Who sends Cesario to visit and woo Olivia for him in Act I Scene IV?
(a) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
(b) Malvolio
(c) Orsino
(d) Feste

3. What character says the following lines from Act III Scene IV: “If all the devils of hell be drawn in little, and Legion himself possessed him, yet I'll speak to him”?
(a) Orsino
(b) Fabian
(c) Feste
(d) Sir Toby Belch

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?
(a) Mellifluous
(b) Pox
(c) Aside
(d) Knave

5. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that his “quaffing” and what will undo him in Act I Scene III?
(a) Smoking
(b) Drinking
(c) Trickery
(d) Dancing

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?

2. According to the Captain in Act I Scene II Olivia is the daughter of a count that died how recently?

3. What Roman king of the gods and god of sky and thunder is cited in Act III Scene IV?

4. Sir Toby Belch claims that the “foolish knight” he brought to woo Olivia earns how much per year in Act I Scene III?

5. What does Viola tell the jester she is almost sick for in Act III Scene I?

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