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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maria’s reply when asked in Act I Scene III, “Wherefore, sweetheart? What’s your metaphor?”
(a) It’s extrapolated, sir
(b) It is lost, sir
(c) It’s dry, sir
(d) It is blighted, sir

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

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

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

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

6. What is the name of Olivia’s court jester?
(a) Feste
(b) Malvolio
(c) Fabian
(d) Titus

7. 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

8. Viola refers to her disguise as what in Act II Scene II?
(a) A crime
(b) A wickedness
(c) An audacity
(d) A courtesy

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

10. What is the setting for Act I Scene V?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) Olivia’s house
(c) Elysium
(d) Olivia’s garden

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

12. According to the Captain in Act I Scene II Olivia is the daughter of a count that died how recently?
(a) Three years ago
(b) A year ago
(c) Seven months ago
(d) Three months ago

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

14. 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) Olivia
(b) Malvolio
(c) Orsino
(d) Fabian

15. 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 dream
(c) A babe
(d) A man

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sebastian believe has happened to his sister in Act II Scene I?

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

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

4. What is the court jester’s response when Olivia asks him in Act I Scene V, “What’s a drunken man like, fool?”

5. Who has just saved Sebastian’s life in Act II Scene I?

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