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

2. 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) 8 pence
(d) 5 pence

3. 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

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

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

6. What image is depicted on the jewel that Olivia gives Cesario in Act III Scene IV?
(a) Sebastian’s picture
(b) Olivia’s picture
(c) The ocean
(d) Viola’s picture

7. What does Maria claim Malvolio is wearing in Act III Scene II?
(a) Orange shoes
(b) Yellow stockings
(c) Pink stockings
(d) A purple hat

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

9. 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 Orsino to a duel
(d) Challenge Cesario to a duel

10. The jester compares a sentence to what type of glove in Act III Scene I?
(a) A cheveril glove
(b) A golden glove
(c) A velveteen glove
(d) A satin glove

11. The stage directions describe the setting of Act IV Scene I as taking place where?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) The Elephant
(c) Before Olivia’s house
(d) Duke Orsino’s Palace

12. 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”?
(a) Orsino
(b) Fabian
(c) Sir Topas
(d) Malvolio

13. What Roman king of the gods and god of sky and thunder is cited in Act III Scene IV?
(a) Titus
(b) Vulcan
(c) Jove
(d) Hercules

14. 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 courtier
(d) A good sport

15. Where is the old hermit from that Feste cites in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Elysium
(b) Illyria
(c) Prague
(d) Messaline

Short Answer Questions

1. What character is arrested in Act III Scene IV?

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 does Feste call Malvolio “by the most modest terms” in Act IV Scene II?

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

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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