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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 5
(b) 0
(c) 1
(d) 3

2. Feste remarks that an old hermit said to a niece of whom, “What that is is” in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Titus
(b) Phoenix
(c) King Gorboduc
(d) Sir Toby Belch

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Jove
(b) Sebastian
(c) Cesario
(d) Fabian

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

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

8. The jester states in Act IV Scene I, “These wise men that give fools money get themselves a good report” after how many years’ purchase?
(a) 11
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 14

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

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

11. What word used in Act IV Scene II means to give a false or misleading appearance to?
(a) Beshrew
(b) Knave
(c) Chantry
(d) Dissemble

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

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

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

15. What word used in Act III Scene IV means boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle?
(a) Dissemble
(b) Knave
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Valor

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the meaning of the word “requite” used in Act IV Scene II?

3. What word from Act IV Scene II means exaggerated?

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

5. What does Viola tell the jester she is almost sick for in Act III Scene I?

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