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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sends Cesario to visit and woo Olivia for him in Act I Scene IV?
(a) Feste
(b) Orsino
(c) Malvolio
(d) Sir Andrew Aguecheek

2. What French term does Sir Andrew Aguecheek not understand when speaking with Sir Toby Belch in Act I Scene III?
(a) Diluculo surgere
(b) Valor
(c) Pour quoi
(d) Caterwauling

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

4. By what name does the court jester refer to Olivia in Act I Scene V?
(a) Madonna
(b) Katharina
(c) Beatrice
(d) Diana

5. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?
(a) Olivia’s house
(b) Duke Orsino’s Palace
(c) The sea-coast
(d) Olivia’s garden

Short Answer Questions

1. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Let her hang me: he that is well hanged in this world needs to fear no” what?

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

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

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

5. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that his “quaffing” and what will undo him in Act I Scene III?

(see the answer key)

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