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