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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Vaspians
(d) The French

3. What does Viola solicit to “untangle this” confusion in Act II Scene II?
(a) God
(b) Love
(c) Time
(d) Fate

4. 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?
(a) A woman
(b) A man
(c) A babe
(d) A dream

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

6. In what country has Viola arrived in Act I Scene II?
(a) Elysium
(b) Prague
(c) Messaline
(d) Illyria

7. What is the setting of Act I Scene II?
(a) The Elephant
(b) Elysium
(c) The sea-coast
(d) Before Baptista’s house

8. What is the true identity of Cesario in the play?
(a) Viola
(b) Olivia
(c) Malvolio
(d) Fabian

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

10. What item does Olivia send with Malvolio to take to Cesario after his exit in Act I?
(a) A necklace
(b) A handkerchief
(c) A letter
(d) A ring

11. For whom is Olivia observing a period of mourning in Act I?
(a) Her brother
(b) Her sister
(c) Her mother
(d) Her husband

12. Olivia’s lips are compared to those of whom from Roman mythology in Act I Scene IV?
(a) Athena’s
(b) Jove’s
(c) Titus’s
(d) Diana’s

13. With whom is Sir Toby Belch speaking in the opening of Act II Scene V?
(a) Olivia
(b) Fabian
(c) Curio
(d) Orsino

14. Sebastian states in Act II Scene I that his “determinate voyage is mere” what?
(a) Extrapolation
(b) Endurance
(c) Excellence
(d) Extravagancy

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

Short Answer 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?”

2. Orsino states in Act I Scene I, “If music be the food of ___, play on…”

3. By what name does the court jester refer to Olivia in Act I Scene V?

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

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

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