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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew in Act II Scene III, “Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”
(a) Orsino
(b) Fabian
(c) Olivia
(d) Malvolio

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 French
(b) The Vaspians
(c) The Romans
(d) The cannibals

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

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

5. What does Sebastian believe has happened to his sister in Act II Scene I?
(a) She married
(b) She drowned
(c) She was stabbed
(d) She was hanged

6. What is the setting of Act II Scene IV?
(a) Before Olivia’s house
(b) Duke Orsino’s Palace
(c) The sea-coast
(d) The Elephant

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

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

9. When given money to sing a song for Sir Toby Belch, the jester asks if he would like a love-song or what in Act II Scene III?
(a) A dancing number
(b) A sorrowful song
(c) A song of good fortune
(d) A song of good life

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

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

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

13. What is the name of Olivia’s lady-in-waiting?
(a) Katharina
(b) Viola
(c) Madonna
(d) Maria

14. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Many a good hanging prevents” what?
(a) A bad dropping
(b) A bad marriage
(c) A bad engagement
(d) A bad life

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?

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

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

4. Sir Toby Belch claims that Olivia is what when speaking with Maria in Act II Scene III?

5. Viola states in Act II Scene II, “As I am man, My state is desperate for” what?

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