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