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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Viola solicits the Captain to help her disguise herself as what in Act I Scene II?
(a) A nun
(b) A eunuch
(c) A queen
(d) A priest

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

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

4. Who governs the land where Viola arrives in Act I Scene II, according to the Captain?
(a) Baptista
(b) Orsino
(c) Malvolio
(d) Sir Andrew Aguecheek

5. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II, “When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes” what?
(a) Not see
(b) Fall out
(c) Find beauty
(d) See thine

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?

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. What is the setting for Act I Scene V?

5. Orsino describes music as a “sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of ______” in Act I Scene I?

(see the answer key)

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