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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II that he last saw her brother clinging to what?
(a) A ship wheel
(b) A mast
(c) A branch
(d) A suitcase

2. Viola states in Act II Scene II, “As I am man, My state is desperate for” what?
(a) An honorable death
(b) Justice
(c) My master’s love
(d) A wife

3. When the jester enters in Act II Scene III Sir Andrew Aguecheek speaks of his discussion of whom “passing the equinoctial of Queubus”?
(a) The Romans
(b) The cannibals
(c) The French
(d) The Vaspians

4. What character states the following in Act III Scene IV: “Go, hang yourselves all! you are idle shallow things: I am not of your element: you shall know more hereafter”?
(a) Sir Topas
(b) Malvolio
(c) Fabian
(d) Orsino

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says in Act II Scene IV, “I am all the daughters of my father's house, And all the brothers too”?

2. The Captain tells Viola that he was born how many hoursof travel from the place they stand in Act I Scene II?

3. Sebastian states that his father was Sebastian of where in Act II Scene I?

4. What do the stage directions describe as the setting for Act III Scene III?

5. Referring to the jester, Viola speaks in soliloquy in Act III Scene I, stating, “This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of” what?

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