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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What “foolish knight” does Maria say Sir Toby Belch brought to woo Olivia in Act I Scene III?
(a) Malvolio
(b) Sir Topas
(c) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
(d) Titus

4. What does Sir Toby Belch claim Malvolio is when speaking with Maria in Act II Scene III?
(a) A Peg-a-Ramsey
(b) A pox
(c) A coxcomb
(d) A lout

5. What is the setting of Act I Scene I?
(a) Olivia’s garden
(b) The sea-coast
(c) Olivia’s house
(d) Orsino’s Palace

Short Answer Questions

1. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that Olivia takes great exceptions to his what in Act I Scene III?

2. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?

3. Viola states in her soliloquy in Act II Scene II, “I am the man: if it be so, as 'tis, Poor lady, she were better love” what?

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

5. The setting of Act II Scene II is described as being where in the stage directions?

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