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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character speaks the following line in Act IV Scene I: “What relish is in this? how runs the stream? Or I am mad, or else this is a dream”?
(a) Sir Toby Belch
(b) Sebastian
(c) Orsino
(d) The Priest

2. What do the stage directions describe as the setting for Act III Scene III?
(a) The church
(b) Before Olivia’s house
(c) A street
(d) Before Orsino’s palace

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

4. By what name does Olivia address Sir Toby Belch when she enters in Act IV Scene I?
(a) Cataian
(b) Jove
(c) Cockatrice
(d) Rudesby

5. 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) Honesty
(b) Deception
(c) Wit
(d) Disguise

6. What does Viola tell the jester she is almost sick for in Act III Scene I?
(a) A drink
(b) A beard
(c) A horse
(d) Sleep

7. How does Sir Andrew Aguecheek greet Cesario in Act III Scene I?
(a) Bonjour, monsieur
(b) Dieu vous garde, monsieur
(c) Adieux, monsieur
(d) Au revoir, monsieur

8. How many “wits” does Feste describe a human having in Act IV Scene II?
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 10

9. What word used interjectionally to express distaste, rejection, aversion, etc. does Sir Andrew Aguecheek use in Act III Scene IV?
(a) Chantry
(b) Pox
(c) Beshrew
(d) Knave

10. Feste claims he is not lean enough to be thought what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) A good sport
(b) A good student
(c) A thin man
(d) A good courtier

11. The jester claims not to be Olivia’s fool, but her “corrupter of” what in Act III Scene I?
(a) Words
(b) Courtiers
(c) Father
(d) Life

12. What character says the following lines from Act III Scene IV: “If all the devils of hell be drawn in little, and Legion himself possessed him, yet I'll speak to him”?
(a) Sir Toby Belch
(b) Fabian
(c) Orsino
(d) Feste

13. Feste claims he is not tall enough to do what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Be a gentle knave
(b) Become the function well
(c) Endure mockery
(d) Enact the romance needed

14. 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) Gremlin
(b) Vulcan
(c) Cockatrice
(d) Phoenix

15. Of whom does Olivia speak when she says in Act III Scene IV, “he is sad and civil, and suits well for a servant with my fortunes”?
(a) Fabian
(b) Malvolio
(c) Titus
(d) Feste

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act III Scene II?

2. What term in the stage directions of the play refers to a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience?

3. What Roman king of the gods and god of sky and thunder is cited in Act III Scene IV?

4. The jester claims in Act IV Scene I that he would not “be in some of your coats” for how much money?

5. After reading Sir Andrew Aguecheek’s letter to Cesario, Sir Toby Belch remarks that Cesario will find the letter comes from what in Act III Scene IV?

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