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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who asks Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew in Act II Scene III, “Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”
(a) Orsino
(b) Fabian
(c) Olivia
(d) Malvolio

3. What word does Maria use in Act II Scene III that means to howl or screech like cats?
(a) Caterwauling
(b) Mellifluous
(c) Hyperbolical
(d) Consecrated

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

5. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II that he last saw her brother clinging to what?
(a) A mast
(b) A ship wheel
(c) A suitcase
(d) A branch

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money does Sir Toby Belch give to the jester to have him sing a song in Act II Scene III?

3. Where does Viola say her brother is in Act I Scene II?

4. Sir Toby Belch sings of the twelfth day of what month in Act II Scene III?

5. The Captain compares Viola’s brother to whom “on the dolphin’s back” in Act I Scene II?

(see the answer key)

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