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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The jester claims not to be Olivia’s fool, but her “corrupter of” what in Act III Scene I?
(a) Words
(b) Life
(c) Father
(d) Courtiers

2. What character says the following lines from Act III Scene IV: “If all the devils of hell be drawn in little, and Legion himself possessed him, yet I'll speak to him”?
(a) Fabian
(b) Orsino
(c) Feste
(d) Sir Toby Belch

3. What costuming items does Maria give Feste to wear in Act IV Scene II?
(a) A ring and crown
(b) A gown and beard
(c) A dress and wig
(d) A robe and hat

4. What location does Antonio tell Sebastian is the best place to lodge in Act III Scene III?
(a) The Black Cat
(b) The Ostrich
(c) The Flamingo
(d) The Elephant

5. What does Olivia say hides her heart in Act III Scene I?
(a) A weeping willow
(b) A tiger
(c) An elm tree
(d) A cypress

6. The jester compares a sentence to what type of glove in Act III Scene I?
(a) A cheveril glove
(b) A golden glove
(c) A satin glove
(d) A velveteen glove

7. How many “wits” does Feste describe a human having in Act IV Scene II?
(a) 10
(b) 7
(c) 5
(d) 2

8. Feste remarks that an old hermit said to a niece of whom, “What that is is” in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Phoenix
(b) Titus
(c) King Gorboduc
(d) Sir Toby Belch

9. Sebastian claims he could not find Antonio where in Act IV Scene III?
(a) Olivia’s garden
(b) Before Olivia’s house
(c) The Elephant
(d) The cubiculo

10. What word used by Olivia in Act IV Scene I means to wish evil on; to curse?
(a) Dissemble
(b) Compensate
(c) Mellifluous
(d) Beshrew

11. What character states the following in Act III Scene IV: “Go, hang yourselves all! you are idle shallow things: I am not of your element: you shall know more hereafter”?
(a) Sir Topas
(b) Malvolio
(c) Fabian
(d) Orsino

12. Feste claims he is not lean enough to be thought what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) A good student
(b) A thin man
(c) A good sport
(d) A good courtier

13. Referring to the jester, Viola speaks in soliloquy in Act III Scene I, stating, “This fellow is wise enough to play the fool; And to do that well craves a kind of” what?
(a) Wit
(b) Deception
(c) Disguise
(d) Honesty

14. What word from Act IV Scene I refers to a costly and foolish undertaking?
(a) Valor
(b) Coxcomb
(c) Folly
(d) Aside

15. What does Feste call Malvolio “by the most modest terms” in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Thou dishonest Satan
(b) Thou honorable saint
(c) Thou mockery of knaves
(d) Thou disobedient cull

Short Answer Questions

1. Malvolio describes the room he is in as being what in Act IV Scene II?

2. When Sir Andrew Aguecheek departs in Act III Scene II, Sir Toby Belch tells him that he and Fabian will call on him where?

3. What does Sebastian call the jester in Act IV Scene I?

4. What term in the stage directions of the play refers to a part of an actor's lines supposedly not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience?

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

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