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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. Olivia’s lips are compared to those of whom from Roman mythology in Act I Scene IV?
(a) Diana’s
(b) Jove’s
(c) Titus’s
(d) Athena’s

2. 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

3. Orsino describes music as a “sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of ______” in Act I Scene I?
(a) Poppies
(b) Tulips
(c) Violets
(d) Lupines

4. Who has just saved Sebastian’s life in Act II Scene I?
(a) Antonio
(b) Sir Topas
(c) Titus
(d) Fabian

5. Sir Toby Belch asks Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Act II Scene III, “Does not our life consist of” what?
(a) The four elements
(b) The seven saints
(c) The five wits
(d) The Ten Commandments

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the jester say “are no bottle-ale houses” in Act II Scene III?

2. 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?

3. Who asks Sir Toby Belch and Sir Andrew in Act II Scene III, “Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?”

4. Maria tells Sir Toby Belch that Olivia takes great exceptions to his what in Act I Scene III?

5. Who invites Orsino to go hunt in Act I Scene I?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is Viola when she is first introduced in Act I Scene II? What has just taken place?

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

4. What is Malvolio’s response to the letter found in Act II?

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

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

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

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

9. What do Orsino and Viola/Cesario discuss in Act II Scene IV?

10. What discovery does Viola/Cesario make when Malvolio catches up with her in Act II Scene II?

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