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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 man
(b) A woman
(c) A babe
(d) A dream

2. Sebastian states that his father was Sebastian of where in Act II Scene I?
(a) Prague
(b) Messaline
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Elysium

3. Viola refers to her disguise as what in Act II Scene II?
(a) A crime
(b) An audacity
(c) A courtesy
(d) A wickedness

4. The Captain tells Viola that he was born how many hoursof travel from the place they stand in Act I Scene II?
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 6
(d) 3

5. What is Maria’s reply when asked in Act I Scene III, “Wherefore, sweetheart? What’s your metaphor?”
(a) It is blighted, sir
(b) It’s extrapolated, sir
(c) It’s dry, sir
(d) It is lost, sir

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the true identity of Cesario in the play?

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?”

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

4. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Many a good hanging prevents” what?

5. How is Sir Toby Belch related to Olivia in the play?

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