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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orsino states in Act I Scene I, “If music be the food of ___, play on…”
(a) Honesty
(b) Love
(c) Faith
(d) Forgetfulness

2. Malvolio hands Cesario what object in Act II Scene II?
(a) A necklace
(b) A handkerchief
(c) A ring
(d) A letter

3. 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

4. Who claims not to care “for good life” in Act II Scene III?
(a) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
(b) Sir Topas
(c) Benvolio
(d) Feste

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

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

7. By what name does the court jester refer to Olivia in Act I Scene V?
(a) Katharina
(b) Beatrice
(c) Madonna
(d) Diana

8. What “foolish knight” does Maria say Sir Toby Belch brought to woo Olivia in Act I Scene III?
(a) Sir Topas
(b) Malvolio
(c) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
(d) Titus

9. Sir Toby Belch asks Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Act II Scene III, “Does not our life consist of” what?
(a) The Ten Commandments
(b) The four elements
(c) The five wits
(d) The seven saints

10. 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 dream
(b) A babe
(c) A man
(d) A woman

11. How is Sir Toby Belch related to Olivia in the play?
(a) He is her brother
(b) He is her cousin
(c) He is her father
(d) He is her uncle

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

13. The setting of Act II Scene II is described as being where in the stage directions?
(a) Before Baptista’s house
(b) A street
(c) Before Olivia’s house
(d) Before Orsino’s palace

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

15. Viola solicits the Captain to help her disguise herself as what in Act I Scene II?
(a) A queen
(b) A eunuch
(c) A priest
(d) A nun

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what country has Viola arrived in Act I Scene II?

3. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Many a good hanging prevents” what?

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

5. Who asks Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew in Act II Scene III, “Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”

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