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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 used in Act IV Scene II means to give a false or misleading appearance to?
(a) Chantry
(b) Knave
(c) Dissemble
(d) Beshrew

2. Malvolio describes the room he is in as being what in Act IV Scene II?
(a) Dark
(b) Padded
(c) Sunny
(d) Painted blue

3. By what name does Olivia address Sir Toby Belch when she enters in Act IV Scene I?
(a) Rudesby
(b) Cockatrice
(c) Jove
(d) Cataian

4. What adjective from Act IV Scene III means held in high religious regard?
(a) Knave
(b) Consecrated
(c) Hyperbolical
(d) Folly

5. What do the stage directions describe as the setting for Act III Scene III?
(a) The church
(b) Before Orsino’s palace
(c) Before Olivia’s house
(d) A street

Short Answer Questions

1. What costuming items does Maria give Feste to wear in Act IV Scene II?

2. In Act III Scene I, Olivia says “how much the better to fall before the lion than the” what?

3. What does the jester say his house stands next to in Act III Scene I?

4. What word from Act IV Scene I refers to a costly and foolish undertaking?

5. Feste claims he is not lean enough to be thought what in Act IV Scene II?

Short Essay Questions

1. What leads to Antonio’s feelings of betrayal in Act III Scene IV?

2. Describe the character of Feste in the play. What is Feste’s role in Olivia’s household?

3. What does Feste attempt to convince Malvolio of in Act IV Scene II?

4. What is the significance of Antonio’s status within Illyria? What led to this status?

5. How is irony illustrated through the circumstances surrounding Malvolio in Act IV?

6. What character flaw might be blamed for Malvolio’s circumstances in Act IV?

7. What do Sir Toby Belch and Fabian convince Sir Andrew Aguecheek to do in Act III Scene II? Who interrupts them?

8. Is Malvolio’s treatment in Act IV is justified? Why or why not?

9. How is Viola/Cesario saved from the duel in Act III Scene IV?

10. What is Sir Andrew Aguecheek’s principle focus and grievance in the play?

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