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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the five rivers of Hades is cited from Greek mythology in Act IV Scene I?
(a) Minos
(b) Styx
(c) Lethe
(d) Erebus

3. What character says the following lines from Act III Scene IV: “If all the devils of hell be drawn in little, and Legion himself possessed him, yet I'll speak to him”?
(a) Orsino
(b) Sir Toby Belch
(c) Fabian
(d) Feste

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

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

6. Whom does the jester say he would play “to bring a Cressida to this Troilus” in Act III Scene I?
(a) Lady Juliet of Capulet
(b) Lord Pandarus of Phrygia
(c) King Lear of Britain
(d) Lord Hamlet of Denmark

7. 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) 0
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 5

8. Sir Andrew Aguecheek claims that he would rather be what than a politician in Act III Scene II?
(a) A policeman
(b) A bonny maid
(c) A Brownist
(d) An obscurest

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

10. Who enters with Olivia in Act IV Scene III?
(a) Sir Toby Belch
(b) The Captain
(c) Titus
(d) The Priest

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

12. Malvolio begs Feste to help him to find what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Some light and some paper
(b) Olivia and Viola
(c) The king’s crown
(d) My mother’s letters

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

14. 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) Wit
(d) Honesty

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word used in Act III Scene IV means boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle?

2. What does the jester say his house stands next to in Act III Scene I?

3. Feste remarks that an old hermit said to a niece of whom, “What that is is” in Act IV Scene II?

4. The stage directions describe the setting of Act IV Scene I as taking place where?

5. How does Sir Andrew Aguecheek greet Cesario in Act III Scene I?

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