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Twelfth Night

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Act II, scenes iii–iv

Act II, scene v

Act III, scenes i–iii

Act III, scene iv

Act IV, scenes i–iii

Act V, scene i

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Twelfth Night

William Shakespeare

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1. Who is Orsino in love with at the beginning of the play?

(A) Olivia

(B) Viola

(D) Malvolio

2. Complete the quote: "If music be the food of _____, play on."

(A) Sleep

(B) Sorrow

(D) Joy

3. Where does Twelfth Night take place?

(A) England

(B) Illyria

(D) Denmark

4. Why is Olivia unwilling to receive any visitors?

(A) She is hideously deformed

(B) She is terribly shy

(D) She is in mourning for her dead brother

5. How does Viola come to be at Orsino’s court?

(A) She is shipwrecked nearby

(B) She is captured and made a slave

(D) She is Orsino’s daughter

6. Why is Sir Andrew Aguecheek staying at Olivia’s home?

(A) He is her uncle

(B) He is trying to court Maria

(D) He is Malvolio’s brother

7. How does Viola disguise herself?

(A) She puts on makeup to make herself resemble an old woman

(B) She dresses like a man

(D) She does not disguise herself

8. What is Malvolio’s position?

(A) He is Orsino’s fool

(B) He is Viola’s butler

(D) He is Olivia’s steward

9. What is Sir Toby’s great vice?

(A) He is a drunkard

(B) He is a glutton

(D) He has no vices

10. Who does Orsino send to carry his messages to Olivia?

(A) Malvolio

(B) Feste

(D) Sebastian

11. Who does Viola fall in love with?

(A) Malvolio

(B) Orsino

(D) Olivia

12. Who does Olivia fall in love with?

(A) Orsino

(B) Malvolio

(D) Viola, in her disguise as Cesario

13. Who is Sebastian?

(A) Viola’s brother

(B) Orsino’s cousin

(D) Malvolio’s son

14. Who forges the letter that Malvolio thinks is from Olivia?

(A) Feste

(B) Sir Toby

(D) Viola

15. What does the forged letter make Malvolio believe?

(A) That Maria is in love with him

(B) That he is going to inherit a fortune

(D) That Olivia is in love with him

16. Who takes care of Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?

(A) Viola

(B) Feste

(D) Antonio

17. Who challenges Cesario to a duel?

(A) Orsino

(B) Sir Andrew

(D) Antonio

18. What does Malvolio wear in the hope of pleasing Olivia?

(A) Green leggings

(B) Women’s clothing

(D) A red wig and silver pantaloons

19. Why does Antonio travel to Illyria?

(A) To be close to Sebastian

(B) To get revenge on Orsino

(D) He does not travel

20. Why does Sir Andrew try to fight with Sebastian?

(A) He thinks that Sebastian has killed Orsino

(B) He thinks that Sebastian wants to kill Sir Toby

(D) He thinks that Sebastian is Cesario

21. What do Sir Toby and the others do to Malvolio?

(A) They kill him

(B) They lock him in a dark room and tell him he is mad

(D) They get him drunk and convince him to sing with them

22. What disguise does Feste wear when he speaks with Malvolio?

(A) Cesario

(B) Olivia

(D) An angel

23. Who does Olivia marry?

(A) Sebastian

(B) Antonio

(D) Malvolio

24. When he realizes that Cesario is a woman, what does Orsino do?

(A) He orders her executed

(B) He banishes her

(D) He decides to marry her

25. Which character does not get married (or plan to) at the end of the play?

(A) Orsino

(B) Sir Toby

(D) Malvolio

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