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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Sir Toby Belch claims that the “foolish knight” he brought to woo Olivia earns how much per year in Act I Scene III?
(a) 1,500 ducats
(b) 3,000 ducats
(c) 7,000 ducats
(d) 12,000 ducats

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

5. Who governs the land where Viola arrives in Act I Scene II, according to the Captain?
(a) Baptista
(b) Malvolio
(c) Orsino
(d) Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting for Act I Scene V?

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. Sir Toby Belch asks Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Act II Scene III, “Does not our life consist of” what?

5. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?

(see the answer key)

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