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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Olivia’s steward in the play?
(a) Titus
(b) Fabian
(c) Malvolio
(d) Feste

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 dancer, a coward, and a dead man
(c) Like a jester dancing on a roof
(d) Like a worried man falling through time

3. The jester says in Act II Scene III that “Malvolio’s nose is no” what?
(a) Hound’s
(b) Whipstock
(c) Coxcomb
(d) Lout

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

5. How does Sir Andrew Aguecheek describe the jester’s singing voice in Act II Scene III?
(a) Caterwauling
(b) Consecrated
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Hyperbolical

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act I Scene II?

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

3. What item does Olivia send with Malvolio to take to Cesario after his exit in Act I?

4. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II, “When my tongue blabs, then let mine eyes” what?

5. Sir Toby Belch claims that Olivia is what when speaking with Maria in Act II Scene III?

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