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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What first two words of a Latin maxim meaning “to get up at dawn is very helpful” does Sir Toby Belch say in Act II Scene III?
(a) Te amo
(b) Diluculo surgere
(c) Antonio scribet
(d) Semper fidelis

2. Sebastian states that his father was Sebastian of where in Act II Scene I?
(a) Prague
(b) Messaline
(c) Elysium
(d) The cubiculo

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

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

5. 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 French
(c) The Vaspians
(d) The cannibals

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

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

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

9. The Captain tells Viola that he was born how many hoursof travel from the place they stand in Act I Scene II?
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 8
(d) 3

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

11. What is the setting of Act I Scene I?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) Olivia’s garden
(c) Orsino’s Palace
(d) Olivia’s house

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

13. How much money does Sir Toby Belch give to the jester to have him sing a song in Act II Scene III?
(a) Twopence
(b) A pox
(c) Sixpence
(d) Tenpence

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

15. The jester says in Act II Scene III that “Malvolio’s nose is no” what?
(a) Whipstock
(b) Lout
(c) Hound’s
(d) Coxcomb

Short Answer Questions

1. What dog breed does Sir Toby Belch tell Sir Andrew that Maria is in Act II Scene III?

2. Viola states in a soliloquy in Act II Scene II, “Fortune forbid my outside have not” what?

3. What is the setting of Act II Scene V?

4. How is Sir Toby Belch related to Olivia in the play?

5. What is the name of Olivia’s lady-in-waiting?

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