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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Olivia’s lips are compared to those of whom from Roman mythology in Act I Scene IV?
(a) Titus’s
(b) Diana’s
(c) Jove’s
(d) Athena’s

2. Orsino describes music as a “sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of ______” in Act I Scene I?
(a) Tulips
(b) Poppies
(c) Violets
(d) Lupines

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

4. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that Olivia takes great exceptions to his what in Act I Scene III?
(a) Ill hours
(b) Hasty departure
(c) Religious insincerity
(d) Drunken revelry

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of Olivia’s steward in the play?

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

5. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II that he last saw her brother clinging to what?

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