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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the word “lubber,” used in Act IV Scene I, refer to?
(a) A dance
(b) A lout
(c) A race
(d) A count

2. 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) 3
(b) 5
(c) 0
(d) 1

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

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

5. What Ionian Greek philosopher does Feste cite in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Pigrogromitus
(b) Socrates
(c) Aristotle
(d) Pythagoras

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

7. 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) Olivia’s garden
(b) Before Olivia’s house
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Olivia’s house

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

9. What word does Olivia use in Act IV Scene III to refer to a church pedestal?
(a) Caterwauling
(b) Folly
(c) Chantry
(d) Convent

10. 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) Phoenix
(d) Vulcan

11. Olivia’s last lines in Act IV Scene III are: “Then lead the way, good father; and heavens so shine, that they may fairly note this” what?
(a) Act of mine
(b) Charitable act
(c) Rite of passing
(d) Crime of mine

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

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

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

15. What word used by Olivia in Act IV Scene I means to wish evil on; to curse?
(a) Beshrew
(b) Compensate
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Dissemble

Short Answer Questions

1. What location does Antonio tell Sebastian is the best place to lodge in Act III Scene III?

2. 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?

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

4. The jester compares a sentence to what type of glove in Act III Scene I?

5. Sir Toby Belch and Fabian convince Sir Andrew Aguecheek to do what in Act III Scene II?

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