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

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

3. According to the Captain in Act I Scene II Olivia is the daughter of a count that died how recently?
(a) Seven months ago
(b) A year ago
(c) Three months ago
(d) Three years ago

4. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that Olivia takes great exceptions to his what in Act I Scene III?
(a) Religious insincerity
(b) Drunken revelry
(c) Ill hours
(d) Hasty departure

5. The Captain tells Viola that he was born how many hoursof travel from the place they stand in Act I Scene II?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 8

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has just saved Sebastian’s life in Act II Scene I?

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

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

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

5. What is the name of Olivia’s court jester?

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