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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. What is the setting of Act II Scene I?
(a) Before Olivia’s house
(b) The Elephant
(c) The sea-coast
(d) The cubiculo
2. 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) Up betimes
(b) In revelry
(c) Beside oneself
(d) Up late
3. Sebastian states that his father was Sebastian of where in Act II Scene I?
(a) Messaline
(b) Prague
(c) The cubiculo
(d) Elysium
4. Sir Toby Belch claims that the “foolish knight” he brought to woo Olivia earns how much per year in Act I Scene III?
(a) 1,500 ducats
(b) 12,000 ducats
(c) 3,000 ducats
(d) 7,000 ducats
5. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Let her hang me: he that is well hanged in this world needs to fear no” what?
(a) Faith
(b) Colors
(c) Storms
(d) Rain
Short Answer Questions
1. How is Sir Toby Belch related to Olivia in the play?
2. What does the jester say “are no bottle-ale houses” in Act II Scene III?
3. Who claims not to care “for good life” in Act II Scene III?
4. Sir Toby Belch claims that Olivia is what when speaking with Maria in Act II Scene III?
5. What is Maria’s reply when asked in Act I Scene III, “Wherefore, sweetheart? What’s your metaphor?”
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the character of Malvolio. What is Malvolio’s role in Olivia’s household? How does Olivia feel about him?
2. Describe the character of Sebastian. Who is Sebastian’s sister? How frequently does Sebastian appear in the play?
3. How are Orsino’s feelings about music illustrated in Act I Scene I? How do these feelings change in the course of the scene?
4. What is an “aside”? Give an example of an aside in Act I.
5. What message and memento does Olivia give to Viola/Cesario at her departure in Act I Scene V?
6. How is Malvolio’s character perceived by Fabian, Sir Toby Belch, and Feste?
7. Describe Viola in the play. Where is she from? What concerns her when she is introduced in Act I Scene II?
8. With whom is Orsino preoccupied in Act I Scene I? How does this preoccupation manifest in his character?
9. How does Olivia feel about Orsino in Act I? How are these feelings illustrated?
10. What is Malvolio’s response to the letter found in Act II?
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