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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the setting of Act III Scene IV?
(a) The cubiculo
(b) Duke Orsino’s Palace
(c) The sea-coast
(d) Olivia’s garden

2. Feste delivers a letter to Olivia from whom in Act V Scene I?
(a) Viola
(b) Orsino
(c) Fabian
(d) Malvolio

3. What character speaks the following lines in Act V Scene I: “I'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love, to spite a raven's heart within a dove”?
(a) Orsino
(b) Fabian
(c) Malvolio
(d) Olivia

4. What Roman god of fire does Orsino mention in Act V Scene I?
(a) Titus
(b) Jove
(c) Jupiter
(d) Vulcan

5. In Feste’s final song, how does he describe the weather every day?
(a) Hailing
(b) Rainy
(c) Snowing
(d) Sunny

Short Answer Questions

1. What Ionian Greek philosopher does Feste cite in Act IV Scene II?

2. 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?

3. Sebastian tells his friend and savior that he is bound for whose court in Act II Scene I?

4. What is Maria’s reply when asked in Act I Scene III, “Wherefore, sweetheart? What’s your metaphor?”

5. Whom does Fabian claim wrote the letter in Olivia’s hand in Act V Scene I?

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