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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Act IV Scene II means exaggerated?
(a) Hyperbolical
(b) Consecrated
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Knave

2. Olivia tells Cesario in Act III Scene IV, “A fiend like thee might bear my soul” where?
(a) To Heaven
(b) To hell
(c) To Illyria
(d) To Elysium

3. How many “souls and bodies” does Sir Toby Belch say Sir Andrew Aguecheek “hath divorced” when speaking with Cesario in Act III Scene IV?
(a) 1
(b) 5
(c) 0
(d) 3

4. Malvolio describes the room he is in as being what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Sunny
(b) Dark
(c) Padded
(d) Painted blue

5. What legendary creature described as a two-legged dragon with a rooster's head does Sir Toby Belch mention in Act III Scene IV?
(a) Phoenix
(b) Gremlin
(c) Vulcan
(d) Cockatrice

6. Regarding Malvolio, Maria says in Act III Scene II, “he does smile his face into more lines than is in the new map with the augmentation of” what?
(a) The Ring of Fire
(b) The Himalayas
(c) The Indies
(d) The Antarctic

7. What does Feste call Malvolio “by the most modest terms” in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Thou honorable saint
(b) Thou dishonest Satan
(c) Thou disobedient cull
(d) Thou mockery of knaves

8. What does Olivia say hides her heart in Act III Scene I?
(a) An elm tree
(b) A cypress
(c) A weeping willow
(d) A tiger

9. What character says “Nothing that is so is so” in Act IV Scene I?
(a) Diana
(b) Feste
(c) Malvolio
(d) Viola

10. Whom does Sir Toby Belch call upon to bless Feste when he enters in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Zeus
(b) Jove
(c) Athena
(d) Diana

11. What is the meaning of the word “requite” used in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Deny
(b) Compensate
(c) Sleep
(d) Beauty

12. What is the setting of Act III Scene IV?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) Duke Orsino’s Palace
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Olivia’s garden

13. What character states the following in Act III Scene IV: “Go, hang yourselves all! you are idle shallow things: I am not of your element: you shall know more hereafter”?
(a) Sir Topas
(b) Malvolio
(c) Orsino
(d) Fabian

14. What character is arrested in Act III Scene IV?
(a) Antonio
(b) Orsino
(c) Maria
(d) Fabian

15. Referring to the jester, Viola speaks in soliloquy in Act III Scene I, stating, “This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of” what?
(a) Wit
(b) Disguise
(c) Deception
(d) Honesty

Short Answer Questions

1. Sebastian claims he could not find Antonio where in Act IV Scene III?

2. Feste remarks that an old hermit said to a niece of whom, “What that is is” in Act IV Scene II?

3. What image is depicted on the jewel that Olivia gives Cesario in Act III Scene IV?

4. What costuming items does Maria give Feste to wear in Act IV Scene II?

5. Where is the old hermit from that Feste cites in Act IV Scene II?

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