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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Knave
(b) Aside
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Pox

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

3. 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) Honesty
(c) Deception
(d) Wit

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

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

6. By what name does Olivia address Sir Toby Belch when she enters in Act IV Scene I?
(a) Cockatrice
(b) Cataian
(c) Rudesby
(d) Jove

7. What kind of instrument is the jester carrying when he enters with Viola in Act III Scene I?
(a) A lute
(b) A tabour
(c) A trumpet
(d) A trombone

8. What gemstone does Sebastian say Olivia gave him in Act IV Scene III?
(a) A diamond
(b) An emerald
(c) A pearl
(d) An opal

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

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

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

12. Maria tells Feste to assume what name in his costume in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Fabian
(b) Sir Toby Belch
(c) Titus
(d) Sir Topas

13. What does Feste call Malvolio “by the most modest terms” in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Thou mockery of knaves
(b) Thou dishonest Satan
(c) Thou honorable saint
(d) Thou disobedient cull

14. What does Antonio give to Sebastian before departing in Act III Scene III?
(a) A letter
(b) His ring
(c) His purse
(d) His horse

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What costuming items does Maria give Feste to wear in Act IV Scene II?

3. How many “wits” does Feste describe a human having in Act IV Scene II?

4. Whom does Sir Toby Belch call upon to bless Feste when he enters in Act IV Scene II?

5. What does Olivia say hides her heart in Act III Scene I?

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