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

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

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

4. Where does Act I Scene IV take place?
(a) Olivia’s house
(b) Duke Orsino’s Palace
(c) Olivia’s garden
(d) The sea-coast

5. When the jester enters in Act II Scene III Sir Andrew Aguecheek speaks of his discussion of whom “passing the equinoctial of Queubus”?
(a) The Vaspians
(b) The cannibals
(c) The French
(d) The Romans

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting of Act I Scene I?

2. Orsino states in Act I Scene I, “If music be the food of ___, play on…”

3. Viola solicits the Captain to help her disguise herself as what in Act I Scene II?

4. Viola states in her soliloquy in Act II Scene II, “I am the man: if it be so, as 'tis, Poor lady, she were better love” what?

5. What is the name of Olivia’s court jester?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What disguised identity does Viola take on in Act I? What is her appearance like in this disguise?

5. What is Orsino’s station in Illyria? What news does he receive in the beginning of Act I Scene I?

6. Describe the character of Maria. What is Maria’s role in Olivia’s household?

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

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

9. Describe the character of Sebastian. Who is Sebastian’s sister? How frequently does Sebastian appear in the play?

10. How does Olivia receive Viola/Cesario when she arrives at Olivia’s house in Act I Scene V?

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