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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does Maria use in Act II Scene III that means to howl or screech like cats?
(a) Hyperbolical
(b) Consecrated
(c) Caterwauling
(d) Mellifluous

2. What does the word “lubber,” used in Act IV Scene I, refer to?
(a) A dance
(b) A count
(c) A race
(d) A lout

3. Which of the five rivers of Hades is cited from Greek mythology in Act IV Scene I?
(a) Erebus
(b) Minos
(c) Lethe
(d) Styx

4. What does the jester say “are no bottle-ale houses” in Act II Scene III?
(a) The Sirens
(b) The master’s homes
(c) The Vaspians
(d) The Myrmidons

5. Sebastian tells his friend and savior that he is bound for whose court in Act II Scene I?
(a) Orsino’s
(b) Sir Topas’s
(c) Olivia’s
(d) Fabian’s

Short Answer Questions

1. What “foolish knight” does Maria say Sir Toby Belch brought to woo Olivia in Act I Scene III?

2. Which of the following is a central theme in Twelfth Night?

3. Who sends Cesario to visit and woo Olivia for him in Act I Scene IV?

4. Sebastian states in Act II Scene I that his “determinate voyage is mere” what?

5. Of whom does Olivia speak when she says in Act III Scene IV, “he is sad and civil, and suits well for a servant with my fortunes”?

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