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