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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Deception
(c) Honesty
(d) Wit

3. In Act III Scene I, Olivia says “how much the better to fall before the lion than the” what?
(a) Wolf
(b) Dragon
(c) Shark
(d) Vulture

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

5. The jester claims in Act IV Scene I that he would not “be in some of your coats” for how much money?
(a) 2 pence
(b) 1 pence
(c) 5 pence
(d) 8 pence

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

7. What kind of instrument is the jester carrying when he enters with Viola in Act III Scene I?
(a) A trumpet
(b) A tabour
(c) A lute
(d) A trombone

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

9. What does the jester say his house stands next to in Act III Scene I?
(a) The police station
(b) A cemetery
(c) A church
(d) The court

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

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

12. 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?
(a) A clodpole
(b) A coxcomb
(c) A pox
(d) A lout

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

14. When Sir Andrew Aguecheek departs in Act III Scene II, Sir Toby Belch tells him that he and Fabian will call on him where?
(a) Before Olivia’s house
(b) Olivia’s garden
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Olivia’s house

15. 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) The Priest
(b) Sir Toby Belch
(c) Sebastian
(d) Orsino

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Olivia address Sir Toby Belch when she enters in Act IV Scene I?

2. 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?

3. What does Maria claim Malvolio is wearing in Act III Scene II?

4. Sir Andrew Aguecheek claims that he’s seen Olivia do more favors to whom than ever she bestowed upon him in Act III Scene II?

5. What is the setting of Act III Scene I?

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