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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Captain in Act I Scene II Olivia is the daughter of a count that died how recently?
(a) Three years ago
(b) A year ago
(c) Three months ago
(d) Seven months ago

2. What is the setting for Act I Scene V?
(a) Elysium
(b) The sea-coast
(c) Olivia’s garden
(d) Olivia’s house

3. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Many a good hanging prevents” what?
(a) A bad dropping
(b) A bad marriage
(c) A bad life
(d) A bad engagement

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What “foolish knight” does Maria say Sir Toby Belch brought to woo Olivia in Act I Scene III?

2. The Captain compares Viola’s brother to whom “on the dolphin’s back” in Act I Scene II?

3. Valentine informs Orsino that Olivia will be observing a period of mourning for how many years in Act I?

4. Who governs the land where Viola arrives in Act I Scene II, according to the Captain?

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

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