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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What location does Antonio tell Sebastian is the best place to lodge in Act III Scene III?
(a) The Flamingo
(b) The Ostrich
(c) The Elephant
(d) The Black Cat

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

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

5. Sir Toby Belch claims in Act III Scene II that “there is no love-broker in the world can more prevail in man's commendation with woman than report of” what?
(a) Faith
(b) Money
(c) Valor
(d) Honesty

6. What adjective from Act IV Scene III means held in high religious regard?
(a) Consecrated
(b) Folly
(c) Hyperbolical
(d) Knave

7. 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) Malvolio
(b) Titus
(c) Fabian
(d) Feste

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

9. What does Sebastian call the jester in Act IV Scene I?
(a) A French master
(b) A silly Roman
(c) A “dancing fool
(d) A foolish Greek

10. Sir Toby Belch and Fabian convince Sir Andrew Aguecheek to do what in Act III Scene II?
(a) Challenge Cesario to a duel
(b) Challenge Titus to a duel
(c) Challenge Orsino to a duel
(d) Marry Viola

11. Feste tells Malvolio in Act IV Scene II, “thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their” what?
(a) River
(b) Pyramids
(c) Rain
(d) Fog

12. 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 Indies
(b) The Antarctic
(c) The Himalayas
(d) The Ring of Fire

13. What word from Act IV Scene I refers to a costly and foolish undertaking?
(a) Aside
(b) Valor
(c) Coxcomb
(d) Folly

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) Cockatrice
(c) Vulcan
(d) Phoenix

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonio give to Sebastian before departing in Act III Scene III?

2. 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”?

3. What does Olivia say hides her heart in Act III Scene I?

4. What character says “Nothing that is so is so” in Act IV Scene I?

5. 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”?

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