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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sir Toby Belch claims that the “foolish knight” he brought to woo Olivia earns how much per year in Act I Scene III?
(a) 3,000 ducats
(b) 7,000 ducats
(c) 1,500 ducats
(d) 12,000 ducats

2. The Captain tells Viola that he was born how many hoursof travel from the place they stand in Act I Scene II?
(a) 3
(b) 8
(c) 2
(d) 6

3. Malvolio hands Cesario what object in Act II Scene II?
(a) A letter
(b) A ring
(c) A necklace
(d) A handkerchief

4. How does Sir Andrew Aguecheek describe the jester’s singing voice in Act II Scene III?
(a) Caterwauling
(b) Consecrated
(c) Hyperbolical
(d) Mellifluous

5. What is the setting of Act I Scene I?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) Olivia’s garden
(c) Orsino’s Palace
(d) Olivia’s house

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

7. What is the setting of Act II Scene I?
(a) The sea-coast
(b) Before Olivia’s house
(c) The Elephant
(d) The cubiculo

8. Valentine informs Orsino that Olivia will be observing a period of mourning for how many years in Act I?
(a)
(b) 2
(c)
(d) 7

9. Viola states in a soliloquy in Act II Scene II, “Fortune forbid my outside have not” what?
(a) Hasten’d her
(b) Charm’d her
(c) Denied her
(d) Chasten’d her

10. What does the jester say “are no bottle-ale houses” in Act II Scene III?
(a) The master’s homes
(b) The Sirens
(c) The Myrmidons
(d) The Vaspians

11. What is the name of Olivia’s court jester?
(a) Malvolio
(b) Fabian
(c) Titus
(d) Feste

12. Sir Toby Belch sings of the twelfth day of what month in Act II Scene III?
(a) June
(b) December
(c) October
(d) May

13. Olivia’s court jester states in Act I Scene V, “Many a good hanging prevents” what?
(a) A bad life
(b) A bad engagement
(c) A bad dropping
(d) A bad marriage

14. When given money to sing a song for Sir Toby Belch, the jester asks if he would like a love-song or what in Act II Scene III?
(a) A song of good fortune
(b) A song of good life
(c) A dancing number
(d) A sorrowful song

15. What does Viola solicit to “untangle this” confusion in Act II Scene II?
(a) Fate
(b) Time
(c) Love
(d) God

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has just saved Sebastian’s life in Act II Scene I?

2. What is the setting for Act I Scene V?

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

4. Sebastian states that his father was Sebastian of where in Act II Scene I?

5. What is the setting of Act I Scene II?

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