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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in Act III Scene IV means boldness or determination in facing great danger, especially in battle?
(a) Mellifluous
(b) Valor
(c) Dissemble
(d) Knave

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

3. 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

4. Whom does the jester say he would play “to bring a Cressida to this Troilus” in Act III Scene I?
(a) Lord Hamlet of Denmark
(b) King Lear of Britain
(c) Lady Juliet of Capulet
(d) Lord Pandarus of Phrygia

5. What first two words of a Latin maxim meaning “to get up at dawn is very helpful” does Sir Toby Belch say in Act II Scene III?
(a) Te amo
(b) Antonio scribet
(c) Semper fidelis
(d) Diluculo surgere

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonio give to Sebastian before departing in Act III Scene III?

2. Olivia tells Cesario in Act III Scene IV, “A fiend like thee might bear my soul” where?

3. Where does Viola say her brother is in Act I Scene II?

4. By what name does the court jester refer to Olivia in Act I Scene V?

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?

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