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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act I Scene II?
(a) Before Baptista’s house
(b) The sea-coast
(c) The Elephant
(d) Elysium

2. What is the true identity of Cesario in the play?
(a) Malvolio
(b) Olivia
(c) Fabian
(d) Viola

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

4. The Captain compares Viola’s brother to whom “on the dolphin’s back” in Act I Scene II?
(a) Arion
(b) Phoenix
(c) Vulcan
(d) Jove

5. What item does Olivia send with Malvolio to take to Cesario after his exit in Act I?
(a) A ring
(b) A necklace
(c) A handkerchief
(d) A letter

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the court jester’s response when Olivia asks him in Act I Scene V, “What’s a drunken man like, fool?”

3. What first two words of a Latin maxim meaning “to get up at dawn is very helpful” does Sir Toby Belch say in Act II Scene III?

4. What is the setting of Act II Scene V?

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

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