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) 'Cesario'
B) Orsino
C) Sebastian
D) Olivia
  • 3. Which character falls in love with 'Cesario'?
A) Duke Orsino
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Countess Olivia
D) Malvolio
  • 4. What is the name of Viola's twin brother?
A) Cesario
B) Sebastian
C) Antonio
D) Orsino
  • 5. Who rescues Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?
A) Antonio
B) Feste
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Malvolio
  • 6. What color stockings does Malvolio wear to show Olivia his feelings?
A) Green
B) Blue
C) Red
D) Yellow
  • 7. Who is the pompous steward of Countess Olivia?
A) Malvolio
B) Feste
C) Fabian
D) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
  • 8. Which character challenges 'Cesario' to a duel?
A) Sebastian
B) Orsino
C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
D) Malvolio
  • 9. What is the setting of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Illyria
B) Rome
C) Venice
D) Florence
  • 10. Who wrote 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will'?
A) Thomas Kyd
B) Ben Jonson
C) Christopher Marlowe
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) Feste
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Malvolio
  • 12. What is the main theme explored through Viola's disguise as 'Cesario'?
A) Political intrigue
B) Revenge
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) Orsino
B) Maria
C) Feste
D) Sir Toby Belch
  • 14. What is the name of the pub Antonio recommends to Sebastian in Illyria?
A) The Elephant
B) The Swan
C) The Boar's Head
D) The Rose
  • 15. Who plays both parts in the play for Malvolio's benefit, alternating between Sir Topas and himself?
A) Fabian
B) Feste
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Maria
  • 16. In which season is 'Twelfth Night' believed to have been written?
A) The spring season
B) The autumn season
C) The summer season
D) The Christmas season
  • 17. What does Maria do to make Malvolio believe Olivia is in love with him?
A) She tells him directly
B) She writes a song about him
C) She arranges a meeting with Olivia
D) She forges a love letter in Olivia's handwriting
  • 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 secretly in love with him
D) That she is indifferent to him
  • 19. Who does Viola marry at the end of the play?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Sebastian
C) Duke Orsino
D) Malvolio
  • 20. What is the relationship between Viola and Sebastian?
A) Siblings
B) Cousins
C) Friends
D) Twins
  • 21. What does Feste do at the end of the play?
A) Sings a song
B) Dances
C) Leaves the country
D) Marries Maria
  • 22. What does Orsino do when he learns of Viola's true identity?
A) Flees the country
B) Becomes angry
C) Proposes to her
D) Rejects her
  • 23. What is the name of the play?
A) Much Ado About Nothing
B) Twelfth Night
C) As You Like It
D) The Tempest
  • 24. Who is the Duke of Illyria?
A) Malvolio
B) Antonio
C) Sebastian
D) Orsino
  • 25. What does Olivia vow to do before accepting love or marriage?
A) Leave Illyria
B) Become a nun
C) Marry Orsino
D) Wait seven years
  • 26. What does Malvolio swear at the end of the play?
A) Forgiveness
B) Joy
C) Revenge on his tormentors
D) Silence
  • 27. Who confesses the plot against Malvolio at the end of the play?
A) Fabian
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Feste
D) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
  • 28. Which city-state in Illyria has been proposed as the setting for Twelfth Night?
A) Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
B) Rome
C) Florence
D) Venice
  • 29. Which Roman comedy is suggested to have inspired Illyria's setting?
A) Menaechmi
B) Pseudolus
C) Amphitryon
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) Ben Jonson
B) William Shakespeare
C) John Manningham
D) Christopher Marlowe
  • 32. What is the typical cry of 16th-century London boatmen mentioned by Viola?
A) Hoist the sails!
B) Avast, ye landlubbers!
C) Westward ho!
D) All hands on deck!
  • 33. Who does Viola pretend to be in Twelfth Night?
A) Malvolio
B) Cesario
C) Orsino
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) The Tempest
B) Much Ado About Nothing
C) The Winter's Tale
D) As You Like It
  • 36. Which character in Twelfth Night serves as Orsino's confidant?
A) Malvolio
B) Feste
C) Viola (as Cesario)
D) Sir Toby Belch
  • 37. What scientific theory prevalent during Shakespeare's era is reflected in Twelfth Night?
A) Females are more rational than males
B) Females are imperfect males
C) Males and females are completely distinct
D) Females are superior to males
  • 38. What is the role of 'Time' in Twelfth Night according to the text?
A) Untangles the plot
B) Creates confusion
C) Resolves conflicts
D) Introduces new characters
  • 39. Which character in Twelfth Night does not use their disguise to intervene directly in the plot?
A) Viola
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Malvolio
D) Feste
  • 40. What does Viola's cross-dressing enable her to do?
A) Become a fool
B) Become a pirate
C) Fulfil usually male roles
D) Become a noblewoman
  • 41. What is the Elizabethan term for 'actor' that Olivia uses when she first meets 'Cesario'?
A) playwright
B) stagehand
C) theatergoer
D) comedian
  • 42. In which act and scene does Feste play both parts in the 'play' for Malvolio's benefit?
A) Act V, Scene i
B) Act I, Scene v
C) Act III, Scene iv
D) Act IV, Scene ii
  • 43. What does Feste liken himself to at the end of his performance for Malvolio?
A) a playwright
B) a court fool
C) a modern jester
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) Othello
B) Inganni
C) The Tempest
D) Romeo and Juliet
  • 46. Which actor played Sir Toby in Davenant's adaptation?
A) Thomas Betterton
B) Ralph Richardson
C) Maurice Evans
D) John Gielgud
  • 47. What did Samuel Pepys think of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) a comedy
B) a silly play
C) a tragedy
D) a masterpiece
  • 48. In what year was the original Shakespearean text of 'Twelfth Night' revived?
A) 1741
B) 1820
C) 1703
D) 1661
  • 49. Who directed a notable production of 'Twelfth Night' in 1912?
A) Lilian Baylis
B) Harley Granville-Barker
C) Liviu Ciulei
D) John Barton
  • 50. Which actress played Viola in the 1955 Old Vic production?
A) Beatrix Lehmann
B) Peggy Ashcroft
C) Diana Rigg
D) Vivien Leigh
  • 51. Who played Malvolio in the 2012 Globe production?
A) Richard Cordery
B) Simon Russell Beale
C) Stephen Fry
D) Ian Holm
  • 52. Which production changed Malvolio's gender to Malvolia?
A) 1916 Old Vic production
B) 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production
C) 2012 Globe production
D) 2017 Royal National Theatre 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) Shakespeare's Globe
C) 1980s-inspired Benidorm bars
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) 2002
B) 2005
C) 2018
D) 1997
  • 56. Which Disney Channel Original Movie sets 'Twelfth Night' in the world of motocross racing?
A) Wicker Park
B) She's the Man
C) Motocrossed
D) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
  • 57. In 'She's the Man', what sport is central to the story?
A) Soccer
B) Motocross
C) Baseball
D) Basketball
  • 58. Who directed the 2018 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' set in the 21st century?
A) Shaina Taub
B) Trevor Nunn
C) Lisa Gottlieb
D) Adam Smethurst
  • 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) Alex (played by Rose Byrne)
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) 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 prep school named Illyria
B) A motocross racing world
C) A 19th-century setting
D) A modern high school
  • 62. Who played both Viola and Sebastian in the 2018 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Imogen Stubbs
B) Sheila Atim
C) Rose Byrne
D) Gwyneth Paltrow
  • 63. Which 2006 film updates 'Twelfth Night' as a contemporary teenage comedy?
A) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
B) Motocrossed
C) Wicker Park
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) Lisa Gottlieb
B) Trevor Nunn
C) Shaina Taub
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) Mel Smith
B) Richard E. Grant
C) Nigel Hawthorne
D) Ben Kingsley
  • 68. Which 2004 film features a character playing Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Motocrossed
B) Wicker Park
C) She's the Man
D) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
  • 69. Who directed the 1939 television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Nicholas Hytner
B) Michel Saint-Denis
C) John Sichel
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) Felicity Kendal
D) Joan Plowright
  • 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) Alec Guinness
B) Not specified
C) Philip Bosco
D) David Troughton
  • 73. Which future Oscar-winner starred as Viola in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Helen Hunt
B) Greer Garson
C) Felicity Kendal
D) Peggy Ashcroft
  • 74. Who directed the 1998 PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Nicholas Hytner
B) Tim Supple
C) John Sichel
D) George McCowan
  • 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) George Devine
C) Brian Murray
D) Robert Hardy
  • 77. Who directed the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) John Dexter
B) Michel Saint-Denis
C) Kenneth Branagh
D) Tim Supple
  • 78. Which actress played Olivia in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Frances Hyland
B) Rosemary Harris
C) Sinéad Cusack
D) Kyra Sedgwick
  • 79. Who played Malvolio in the 1957 NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Alec Guinness
B) Philip Bosco
C) Alec McCowen
D) Maurice Evans
  • 80. In the 1988 Thames Television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Malvolio?
A) Alec Guinness
B) Robert Hardy
C) Richard Briers
D) David Troughton
  • 81. Which actress played Viola in the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Martha Henry
B) Parminder Nagra
C) Felicity Kendal
D) Helen Hunt
  • 82. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Brian Murray
B) Robert Hardy
C) Ralph Richardson
D) George Devine
  • 83. In the 1998 PBS broadcast of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Philip Bosco
B) Paul Rudd
C) Brian Murray
D) Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • 84. Which future Oscar-winner played Sir Toby Belch in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) George Devine
C) Brian Murray
D) Robert Hardy
  • 85. Who directed the 1964 Canadian TV version of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) John Sichel
B) Michel Saint-Denis
C) Tim Supple
D) George McCowan
  • 86. In the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation, who played Malvolio?
A) Alec McCowen
B) Philip Bosco
C) David Troughton
D) Alec Guinness
  • 87. In the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Brian Murray
B) Chiwetel Ejiofor
C) Philip Bosco
D) Paul Rudd
  • 88. Who was the first person to broadcast a complete Shakespeare play on British radio?
A) Orson Welles
B) Gerald Lawrence
C) Cathleen Nesbitt
D) Tallulah Bankhead
  • 89. Who directed the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Sally Avens
B) Cathleen Nesbitt
C) Gerald Lawrence
D) Orson Welles
  • 90. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1903?
A) Percy Grainger
B) Hubert Parry
C) Thomas Morley
D) Arthur Sullivan
  • 91. Who composed the opera 'Viola' based on Twelfth Night?
A) Karel Weis
B) Bedřich Smetana
C) Ivan Jirko
D) Edward Lambert
  • 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) 1888
B) 1907
C) 1989
D) 1943
  • 94. Who played Malvolio in a 1938 Mercury Theater Company production?
A) Cathleen Nesbitt
B) Gerald Lawrence
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) Roger Quilter
C) Jean Sibelius
D) Erich Korngold
  • 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) Michael Maloney
B) Alec McCowen
C) Paul Ready
D) Orson Welles
  • 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) Amy Beach
B) Hubert Parry
C) Arthur Sullivan
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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