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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the jester say “are no bottle-ale houses” in Act II Scene III?
(a) The Vaspians
(b) The master’s homes
(c) The Myrmidons
(d) The Sirens

2. 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

3. Sir Toby Belch claims that the “foolish knight” he brought to woo Olivia earns how much per year in Act I Scene III?
(a) 3,000 ducats
(b) 12,000 ducats
(c) 1,500 ducats
(d) 7,000 ducats

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

5. The Captain compares Viola’s brother to whom “on the dolphin’s back” in Act I Scene II?
(a) Vulcan
(b) Jove
(c) Phoenix
(d) Arion

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

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

8. What is the setting of Act I Scene II?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) Elysium
(c) The Elephant
(d) Before Baptista’s house

9. 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) Semper fidelis
(b) Diluculo surgere
(c) Te amo
(d) Antonio scribet

10. 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 seven saints
(c) The four elements
(d) The five wits

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. 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

13. 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 woman
(c) A babe
(d) A man

14. 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 song of good fortune
(b) A song of good life
(c) A sorrowful song
(d) A dancing number

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting for Act I Scene V?

2. What is the setting of Act II Scene I?

3. The setting of Act II Scene II is described as being where in the stage directions?

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

5. What does Sir Toby Belch claim Malvolio is when speaking with Maria in Act II Scene III?

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