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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Captain tells Viola in Act I Scene II that he last saw her brother clinging to what?
(a) A mast
(b) A suitcase
(c) A ship wheel
(d) A branch

2. Who asks Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew in Act II Scene III, “Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”
(a) Malvolio
(b) Olivia
(c) Fabian
(d) Orsino

3. The setting of Act II Scene II is described as being where in the stage directions?
(a) A street
(b) Before Olivia’s house
(c) Before Orsino’s palace
(d) Before Baptista’s house

4. Sir Toby Belch asks Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Act II Scene III, “Does not our life consist of” what?
(a) The Ten Commandments
(b) The seven saints
(c) The five wits
(d) The four elements

5. How much money does Sir Toby Belch give to the jester to have him sing a song in Act II Scene III?
(a) Sixpence
(b) A pox
(c) Tenpence
(d) Twopence

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sebastian believe has happened to his sister in Act II Scene I?

2. Sir Toby Belch sings of the twelfth day of what month in Act II Scene III?

3. Sebastian tells his friend and savior that he is bound for whose court in Act II Scene I?

4. According to the Captain in Act I Scene II Olivia is the daughter of a count that died how recently?

5. How is Sir Toby Belch related to Olivia in the play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What discovery does Viola/Cesario make when Malvolio catches up with her in Act II Scene II?

2. Where is Viola when she is first introduced in Act I Scene II? What has just taken place?

3. How have Viola’s situation and circumstances changed when she reappears in Act I Scene IV?

4. What message and memento does Olivia give to Viola/Cesario at her departure in Act I Scene V?

5. What is Malvolio’s response to the letter found in Act II?

6. With whom is Orsino preoccupied in Act I Scene I? How does this preoccupation manifest in his character?

7. How is Malvolio’s character perceived by Fabian, Sir Toby Belch, and Feste?

8. How are Orsino’s feelings about music illustrated in Act I Scene I? How do these feelings change in the course of the scene?

9. What is indicated by Orsino’s use of language in the play?

10. How are Sir Toby Belch’s feelings for Maria illustrated in the play?

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