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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. By what name does Sir Toby Belch refer to Maria when bidding her goodnight in Act II Scene III?
(a) Venus
(b) Diana
(c) Penthesilea
(d) Pythagoras

6. Where does Viola say her brother is in Act I Scene II?
(a) Messaline
(b) Illyria
(c) Prague
(d) Elysium

7. What French term does Sir Andrew Aguecheek not understand when speaking with Sir Toby Belch in Act I Scene III?
(a) Caterwauling
(b) Diluculo surgere
(c) Valor
(d) Pour quoi

8. What dog breed does Sir Toby Belch tell Sir Andrew that Maria is in Act II Scene III?
(a) A Beagle
(b) A German Shepherd
(c) A Great Dane
(d) A Burmese Mountain Dog

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

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

11. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Let her hang me: he that is well hanged in this world needs to fear no” what?
(a) Colors
(b) Storms
(c) Rain
(d) Faith

12. Who says in Act II Scene IV, “I am all the daughters of my father's house, And all the brothers too”?
(a) Sebastian
(b) Viola
(c) Fabian
(d) Sir Topas

13. 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

14. What is the court jester’s response when Olivia asks him in Act I Scene V, “What’s a drunken man like, fool?”
(a) Like a drowned man, a fool and a mad man
(b) Like a worried man falling through time
(c) Like a jester dancing on a roof
(d) Like a dancer, a coward, and a dead man

15. What is the setting of Act II Scene III?
(a) Olivia’s garden
(b) The Elephant
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Olivia’s house

Short Answer Questions

1. Viola refers to her disguise as what in Act II Scene II?

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

3. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?

4. Olivia’s lips are compared to those of whom from Roman mythology in Act I Scene IV?

5. 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?

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