Twelfth Night - Quiz
Twelfth Night
  • 1. In what year was 'Twelfth Night' first performed publicly?
A) 1603
B) 1602
C) 1601
D) 1599
  • 2. Who is Viola disguised as in the play?
A) Sebastian
B) Orsino
C) Olivia
D) 'Cesario'
  • 3. Which character falls in love with 'Cesario'?
A) Malvolio
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Countess Olivia
D) Duke Orsino
  • 4. What is the name of Viola's twin brother?
A) Sebastian
B) Antonio
C) Cesario
D) Orsino
  • 5. Who rescues Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Feste
C) Antonio
D) Malvolio
  • 6. What color stockings does Malvolio wear to show Olivia his feelings?
A) Blue
B) Red
C) Yellow
D) Green
  • 7. Who is the pompous steward of Countess Olivia?
A) Feste
B) Malvolio
C) Fabian
D) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
  • 8. Which character challenges 'Cesario' to a duel?
A) Malvolio
B) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
C) Orsino
D) Sebastian
  • 9. What is the setting of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Florence
B) Venice
C) Rome
D) Illyria
  • 10. Who wrote 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will'?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Thomas Kyd
C) Christopher Marlowe
D) Ben Jonson
  • 11. Which character is known for saying 'Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?'?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Feste
C) Malvolio
D) Orsino
  • 12. What is the main theme explored through Viola's disguise as 'Cesario'?
A) Political intrigue
B) Revenge
C) Gender identity and sexual attraction
D) Love at first sight
  • 13. Who suggests taking revenge on Malvolio by convincing him Olivia loves him?
A) Maria
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Orsino
D) Feste
  • 14. What is the name of the pub Antonio recommends to Sebastian in Illyria?
A) The Rose
B) The Elephant
C) The Swan
D) The Boar's Head
  • 15. Who plays both parts in the play for Malvolio's benefit, alternating between Sir Topas and himself?
A) Maria
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Fabian
D) Feste
  • 16. In which season is 'Twelfth Night' believed to have been written?
A) The summer season
B) The autumn season
C) The Christmas season
D) The spring season
  • 17. What does Maria do to make Malvolio believe Olivia is in love with him?
A) She forges a love letter in Olivia's handwriting
B) She writes a song about him
C) She arranges a meeting with Olivia
D) She tells him directly
  • 18. What does Malvolio believe about Olivia's feelings towards him?
A) That she dislikes him
B) That she is secretly in love with him
C) That she is indifferent to him
D) That she is his enemy
  • 19. Who does Viola marry at the end of the play?
A) Malvolio
B) Duke Orsino
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Sebastian
  • 20. What is the relationship between Viola and Sebastian?
A) Siblings
B) Cousins
C) Twins
D) Friends
  • 21. What does Feste do at the end of the play?
A) Dances
B) Sings a song
C) Leaves the country
D) Marries Maria
  • 22. What does Orsino do when he learns of Viola's true identity?
A) Becomes angry
B) Flees the country
C) Rejects her
D) Proposes to her
  • 23. What is the name of the play?
A) Twelfth Night
B) Much Ado About Nothing
C) As You Like It
D) The Tempest
  • 24. Who is the Duke of Illyria?
A) Sebastian
B) Antonio
C) Malvolio
D) Orsino
  • 25. What does Olivia vow to do before accepting love or marriage?
A) Become a nun
B) Marry Orsino
C) Leave Illyria
D) Wait seven years
  • 26. What does Malvolio swear at the end of the play?
A) Forgiveness
B) Silence
C) Revenge on his tormentors
D) Joy
  • 27. Who confesses the plot against Malvolio at the end of the play?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
C) Fabian
D) Feste
  • 28. Which city-state in Illyria has been proposed as the setting for Twelfth Night?
A) Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
B) Rome
C) Venice
D) Florence
  • 29. Which Roman comedy is suggested to have inspired Illyria's setting?
A) Amphitryon
B) The Comedy of Errors
C) Menaechmi
D) Pseudolus
  • 30. In which Shakespeare play is Illyria mentioned as a site of pirates?
A) The Merchant of Venice
B) The Tempest
C) Othello
D) Henry VI, Part 2
  • 31. Who described the first recorded public performance of Twelfth Night?
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) William Shakespeare
C) John Manningham
D) Ben Jonson
  • 32. What is the typical cry of 16th-century London boatmen mentioned by Viola?
A) All hands on deck!
B) Westward ho!
C) Hoist the sails!
D) Avast, ye landlubbers!
  • 33. Who does Viola pretend to be in Twelfth Night?
A) Orsino
B) Cesario
C) Malvolio
D) Sebastian
  • 34. Which Shakespearean heroine also uses cross-dressing to achieve her goals?
A) Rosalind
B) Ophelia
C) Desdemona
D) Juliet
  • 35. In which play does Rosalind use cross-dressing?
A) As You Like It
B) The Tempest
C) Much Ado About Nothing
D) The Winter's Tale
  • 36. Which character in Twelfth Night serves as Orsino's confidant?
A) Malvolio
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Feste
D) Viola (as Cesario)
  • 37. What scientific theory prevalent during Shakespeare's era is reflected in Twelfth Night?
A) Males and females are completely distinct
B) Females are imperfect males
C) Females are superior to males
D) Females are more rational than males
  • 38. What is the role of 'Time' in Twelfth Night according to the text?
A) Untangles the plot
B) Introduces new characters
C) Resolves conflicts
D) Creates confusion
  • 39. Which character in Twelfth Night does not use their disguise to intervene directly in the plot?
A) Malvolio
B) Viola
C) Feste
D) Sir Toby Belch
  • 40. What does Viola's cross-dressing enable her to do?
A) Fulfil usually male roles
B) Become a fool
C) Become a pirate
D) Become a noblewoman
  • 41. What is the Elizabethan term for 'actor' that Olivia uses when she first meets 'Cesario'?
A) theatergoer
B) stagehand
C) playwright
D) comedian
  • 42. In which act and scene does Feste play both parts in the 'play' for Malvolio's benefit?
A) Act IV, Scene ii
B) Act III, Scene iv
C) Act V, Scene i
D) Act I, Scene v
  • 43. What does Feste liken himself to at the end of his performance for Malvolio?
A) a modern jester
B) the old Vice
C) a court fool
D) a playwright
  • 44. Which English folk tradition influences can be seen in Feste's songs and dialogue?
A) English Morality plays
B) Roman comedies
C) French farces
D) Greek tragedies
  • 45. Which Italian play is 'Twelfth Night' most similar to, according to Manningham?
A) The Tempest
B) Othello
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Inganni
  • 46. Which actor played Sir Toby in Davenant's adaptation?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) Maurice Evans
C) Thomas Betterton
D) John Gielgud
  • 47. What did Samuel Pepys think of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) a tragedy
B) a masterpiece
C) a comedy
D) a silly play
  • 48. In what year was the original Shakespearean text of 'Twelfth Night' revived?
A) 1820
B) 1703
C) 1741
D) 1661
  • 49. Who directed a notable production of 'Twelfth Night' in 1912?
A) Lilian Baylis
B) John Barton
C) Liviu Ciulei
D) Harley Granville-Barker
  • 50. Which actress played Viola in the 1955 Old Vic production?
A) Diana Rigg
B) Beatrix Lehmann
C) Peggy Ashcroft
D) Vivien Leigh
  • 51. Who played Malvolio in the 2012 Globe production?
A) Simon Russell Beale
B) Stephen Fry
C) Richard Cordery
D) Ian Holm
  • 52. Which production changed Malvolio's gender to Malvolia?
A) 1916 Old Vic production
B) 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production
C) 2017 Royal National Theatre production
D) 2012 Globe production
  • 53. Who played Malvolia in the 2017 Royal National Theatre production?
A) Dinita Gohil
B) Adrian Edmondson
C) Kara Tointon
D) Tamsin Greig
  • 54. What setting did the 2022 Old Fruit Jar Productions' 'Twelfth Night' use?
A) Elizabethan stately homes
B) 1980s-inspired Benidorm bars
C) Victorian London
D) Shakespeare's Globe
  • 55. In which year did the Public Theatre premiere a musical adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' with original music by Shaina Taub?
A) 2005
B) 1997
C) 2002
D) 2018
  • 56. Which Disney Channel Original Movie sets 'Twelfth Night' in the world of motocross racing?
A) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
B) Wicker Park
C) She's the Man
D) Motocrossed
  • 57. In 'She's the Man', what sport is central to the story?
A) Soccer
B) Basketball
C) Baseball
D) Motocross
  • 58. Who directed the 2018 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' set in the 21st century?
A) Trevor Nunn
B) Lisa Gottlieb
C) Adam Smethurst
D) Shaina Taub
  • 59. In 'Wicker Park', which character plays Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Alex (played by Rose Byrne)
B) Feste (played by Ben Kingsley)
C) Viola (played by Imogen Stubbs)
D) Olivia (played by Helena Bonham Carter)
  • 60. Which play by the Takarazuka Revue added commentary on gender roles and was performed by an all-female cast?
A) Twelfth Night
B) Malvolio's Revenge
C) A Comedy of Heirors, or The Imposters
D) Epiphany
  • 61. In 'Just One of the Guys', what modern setting is used for the adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) A motocross racing world
B) A modern high school
C) A prep school named Illyria
D) A 19th-century setting
  • 62. Who played both Viola and Sebastian in the 2018 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Rose Byrne
B) Gwyneth Paltrow
C) Imogen Stubbs
D) Sheila Atim
  • 63. Which 2006 film updates 'Twelfth Night' as a contemporary teenage comedy?
A) Wicker Park
B) Motocrossed
C) She's the Man
D) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
  • 64. In 'Shakespeare in Love', what is the name of the play that Shakespeare is asked to write for the Twelfth Night holiday?
A) A comedy
B) A romance
C) A tragedy
D) A history
  • 65. Who directed the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Shaina Taub
B) Lisa Gottlieb
C) Trevor Nunn
D) Adam Smethurst
  • 66. In 'Twelfth Night, Or What You Will', who played the role of Olivia?
A) Gwyneth Paltrow
B) Imogen Stubbs
C) Helena Bonham Carter
D) Rose Byrne
  • 67. Who played Feste in the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Nigel Hawthorne
B) Ben Kingsley
C) Mel Smith
D) Richard E. Grant
  • 68. Which 2004 film features a character playing Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
B) She's the Man
C) Motocrossed
D) Wicker Park
  • 69. Who directed the 1939 television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George More O'Ferrall
B) Nicholas Hytner
C) John Sichel
D) Michel Saint-Denis
  • 70. Which actress played Viola in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Parminder Nagra
B) Joan Plowright
C) Martha Henry
D) Felicity Kendal
  • 71. In which year did the BBC Television Shakespeare series adapt 'Twelfth Night'?
A) 1980
B) 1969
C) 1981
D) 1979
  • 72. Who starred as Malvolio in the 1964 Canadian TV version of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Not specified
B) Alec Guinness
C) Philip Bosco
D) David Troughton
  • 73. Which future Oscar-winner starred as Viola in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Felicity Kendal
B) Peggy Ashcroft
C) Helen Hunt
D) Greer Garson
  • 74. Who directed the 1998 PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Tim Supple
B) Nicholas Hytner
C) George McCowan
D) John Sichel
  • 75. In the 1988 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Viola?
A) Parminder Nagra
B) Helen Hunt
C) Frances Barber
D) Felicity Kendal
  • 76. Which actor played Sir Toby Belch in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) Robert Hardy
C) George Devine
D) Brian Murray
  • 77. Who directed the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Tim Supple
B) Kenneth Branagh
C) John Dexter
D) Michel Saint-Denis
  • 78. Which actress played Olivia in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Sinéad Cusack
B) Frances Hyland
C) Kyra Sedgwick
D) Rosemary Harris
  • 79. Who played Malvolio in the 1957 NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Alec McCowen
B) Maurice Evans
C) Philip Bosco
D) Alec Guinness
  • 80. In the 1988 Thames Television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Malvolio?
A) Alec Guinness
B) Robert Hardy
C) David Troughton
D) Richard Briers
  • 81. Which actress played Viola in the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Martha Henry
B) Felicity Kendal
C) Helen Hunt
D) Parminder Nagra
  • 82. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George Devine
B) Ralph Richardson
C) Brian Murray
D) Robert Hardy
  • 83. In the 1998 PBS broadcast of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Brian Murray
B) Philip Bosco
C) Chiwetel Ejiofor
D) Paul Rudd
  • 84. Which future Oscar-winner played Sir Toby Belch in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) George Devine
C) Robert Hardy
D) Brian Murray
  • 85. Who directed the 1964 Canadian TV version of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George McCowan
B) John Sichel
C) Tim Supple
D) Michel Saint-Denis
  • 86. In the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation, who played Malvolio?
A) Alec McCowen
B) David Troughton
C) Philip Bosco
D) Alec Guinness
  • 87. In the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Brian Murray
B) Paul Rudd
C) Chiwetel Ejiofor
D) Philip Bosco
  • 88. Who was the first person to broadcast a complete Shakespeare play on British radio?
A) Gerald Lawrence
B) Tallulah Bankhead
C) Cathleen Nesbitt
D) Orson Welles
  • 89. Who directed the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Gerald Lawrence
B) Sally Avens
C) Orson Welles
D) Cathleen Nesbitt
  • 90. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1903?
A) Arthur Sullivan
B) Thomas Morley
C) Percy Grainger
D) Hubert Parry
  • 91. Who composed the opera 'Viola' based on Twelfth Night?
A) Edward Lambert
B) Karel Weis
C) Ivan Jirko
D) Bedřich Smetana
  • 92. Which composer set 'Come Away, Come Away, Death' to music in 1860?
A) Gerald Finzi
B) Johannes Brahms
C) Roger Quilter
D) Erich Korngold
  • 93. In which year was Engelbert Humperdinck's stage music based on Twelfth Night composed?
A) 1888
B) 1943
C) 1989
D) 1907
  • 94. Who played Malvolio in a 1938 Mercury Theater Company production?
A) Tallulah Bankhead
B) Cathleen Nesbitt
C) Orson Welles
D) Gerald Lawrence
  • 95. Which composer set 'Hey, Robin' to music as part of the Narrenlieder, Op. 29?
A) Erich Korngold
B) Roger Quilter
C) Jean Sibelius
D) Gerald Finzi
  • 96. Who played Viola in the 1993 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Naomi Frederick
B) Eve Matheson
C) Wendy Murray
D) Tallulah Bankhead
  • 97. Who played Orsino in the 1998 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Michael Maloney
B) Orson Welles
C) Paul Ready
D) Alec McCowen
  • 98. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Norman Rodway
B) Andrew Sachs
C) Ron Cook
D) Joss Ackland
  • 99. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1897?
A) Arthur Sullivan
B) Thomas Morley
C) Hubert Parry
D) Amy Beach
  • 100. Who played Viola in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Naomi Frederick
B) Wendy Murray
C) Eve Matheson
D) Tallulah Bankhead
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