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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that Olivia takes great exceptions to his what in Act I Scene III?
(a) Drunken revelry
(b) Hasty departure
(c) Religious insincerity
(d) Ill hours

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

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

4. Viola states in her soliloquy in Act II Scene II, “I am the man: if it be so, as 'tis, Poor lady, she were better love” what?
(a) A babe
(b) A woman
(c) A dream
(d) A man

5. What is the setting of Act II Scene IV?
(a) The Elephant
(b) Duke Orsino’s Palace
(c) Before Olivia’s house
(d) The sea-coast

Short Answer Questions

1. When given money to sing a song for Sir Toby Belch, the jester asks if he would like a love-song or what in Act II Scene III?

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

3. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II that he last saw her brother clinging to what?

4. By what name does the court jester refer to Olivia in Act I Scene V?

5. Who invites Orsino to go hunt in Act I Scene I?

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