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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. Upon entering, Sir Toby Belch states in Act II Scene III, “Approach, Sir Andrew: not to be abed after midnight is to be” what?
(a) Beside oneself
(b) Up late
(c) In revelry
(d) Up betimes

2. With whom is Sir Toby Belch speaking in the opening of Act II Scene V?
(a) Curio
(b) Olivia
(c) Orsino
(d) Fabian

3. What word does Maria use in Act II Scene III that means to howl or screech like cats?
(a) Hyperbolical
(b) Consecrated
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Caterwauling

4. What is the name of Olivia’s lady-in-waiting?
(a) Maria
(b) Viola
(c) Katharina
(d) Madonna

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends Cesario to visit and woo Olivia for him in Act I Scene IV?

2. What does the jester say “are no bottle-ale houses” in Act II Scene III?

3. Sebastian states in Act II Scene I that his “determinate voyage is mere” what?

4. Who asks Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew in Act II Scene III, “Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”

5. For whom is Olivia observing a period of mourning in Act I?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What incident leads the merrymakers in the play to plot revenge on Malvolio in Act II Scene III?

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

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

6. What do Orsino and Viola/Cesario discuss in Act II Scene IV?

7. Describe the character of Malvolio. What is Malvolio’s role in Olivia’s household? How does Olivia feel about him?

8. What is an “aside”? Give an example of an aside in Act I.

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

10. Where are Sebastian and Antonio when they are introduced in Act II Scene I? What are Sebastian’s circumstances in this scene?

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