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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) King Lear of Britain
(c) Lord Pandarus of Phrygia
(d) Lord Hamlet of Denmark

2. What does Olivia say hides her heart in Act III Scene I?
(a) An elm tree
(b) A cypress
(c) A tiger
(d) A weeping willow

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

4. 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) Deception
(b) Honesty
(c) Wit
(d) Disguise

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

6. What does Sebastian call the jester in Act IV Scene I?
(a) A French master
(b) A “dancing fool
(c) A foolish Greek
(d) A silly Roman

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

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

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

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

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

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) Malvolio
(c) Sir Topas
(d) Fabian

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

14. 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 coxcomb
(b) A lout
(c) A clodpole
(d) A pox

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Regarding Malvolio, Maria says in Act III Scene II, “he does smile his face into more lines than is in the new map with the augmentation of” what?

2. What legendary creature described as a two-legged dragon with a rooster's head does Sir Toby Belch mention in Act III Scene IV?

3. Sir Andrew Aguecheek claims that he would rather be what than a politician in Act III Scene II?

4. 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?

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

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