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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orsino states in Act I Scene I, “If music be the food of ___, play on…”
(a) Forgetfulness
(b) Faith
(c) Love
(d) Honesty

2. Where does Viola say her brother is in Act I Scene II?
(a) Elysium
(b) Illyria
(c) Messaline
(d) Prague

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. Viola solicits the Captain to help her disguise herself as what in Act I Scene II?

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

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