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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 court jester’s response when Olivia asks him in Act I Scene V, “What’s a drunken man like, fool?”
(a) Like a drowned man, a fool and a mad man
(b) Like a jester dancing on a roof
(c) Like a dancer, a coward, and a dead man
(d) Like a worried man falling through time

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

4. What is Maria’s reply when asked in Act I Scene III, “Wherefore, sweetheart? What’s your metaphor?”
(a) It is blighted, sir
(b) It’s dry, sir
(c) It’s extrapolated, sir
(d) It is lost, sir

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What French term does Sir Andrew Aguecheek not understand when speaking with Sir Toby Belch in Act I Scene III?

3. Who invites Orsino to go hunt in Act I Scene I?

4. According to the Captain in Act I Scene II Olivia is the daughter of a count that died how recently?

5. For whom is Olivia observing a period of mourning in Act I?

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