- 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) Sir Toby Belch
B) Malvolio
C) Duke Orsino
D) Countess Olivia
- 4. What is the name of Viola's twin brother?
A) Orsino
B) Sebastian
C) Cesario
D) Antonio
- 5. Who rescues Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?
A) Malvolio
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Antonio
D) Feste
- 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) Fabian
B) Feste
C) Malvolio
D) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- 8. Which character challenges 'Cesario' to a duel?
A) Orsino
B) Sebastian
C) Malvolio
D) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- 9. What is the setting of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Venice
B) Rome
C) Florence
D) Illyria
- 10. Who wrote 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will'?
A) Christopher Marlowe
B) Ben Jonson
C) Thomas Kyd
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) Sir Toby Belch
B) Orsino
C) Malvolio
D) Feste
- 12. What is the main theme explored through Viola's disguise as 'Cesario'?
A) Political intrigue
B) Gender identity and sexual attraction
C) Revenge
D) Love at first sight
- 13. Who suggests taking revenge on Malvolio by convincing him Olivia loves him?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Orsino
C) Feste
D) Maria
- 14. What is the name of the pub Antonio recommends to Sebastian in Illyria?
A) The Elephant
B) The Rose
C) The Boar's Head
D) The Swan
- 15. Who plays both parts in the play for Malvolio's benefit, alternating between Sir Topas and himself?
A) Fabian
B) Feste
C) Maria
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 16. In which season is 'Twelfth Night' believed to have been written?
A) The spring season
B) The autumn season
C) The Christmas 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 arranges a meeting with Olivia
C) She writes a song about him
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 indifferent to him
D) That she is secretly in love with him
- 19. Who does Viola marry at the end of the play?
A) Duke Orsino
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Sebastian
D) Malvolio
- 20. What is the relationship between Viola and Sebastian?
A) Cousins
B) Twins
C) Friends
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) Becomes angry
B) Proposes to her
C) Rejects her
D) Flees the country
- 23. What is the name of the play?
A) As You Like It
B) Much Ado About Nothing
C) Twelfth Night
D) The Tempest
- 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) Become a nun
B) Leave Illyria
C) Marry Orsino
D) Wait seven years
- 26. What does Malvolio swear at the end of the play?
A) Revenge on his tormentors
B) Silence
C) Forgiveness
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) Venice
B) Rome
C) Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
D) Florence
- 29. Which Roman comedy is suggested to have inspired Illyria's setting?
A) Amphitryon
B) Menaechmi
C) The Comedy of Errors
D) Pseudolus
- 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) William Shakespeare
B) John Manningham
C) Christopher Marlowe
D) Ben Jonson
- 32. What is the typical cry of 16th-century London boatmen mentioned by Viola?
A) Hoist the sails!
B) Avast, ye landlubbers!
C) All hands on deck!
D) Westward ho!
- 33. Who does Viola pretend to be in Twelfth Night?
A) Sebastian
B) Malvolio
C) Cesario
D) Orsino
- 34. Which Shakespearean heroine also uses cross-dressing to achieve her goals?
A) Ophelia
B) Juliet
C) Desdemona
D) Rosalind
- 35. In which play does Rosalind use cross-dressing?
A) As You Like It
B) The Tempest
C) The Winter's Tale
D) Much Ado About Nothing
- 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) 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) 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) Feste
B) Viola
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Malvolio
- 40. What does Viola's cross-dressing enable her to do?
A) Become a noblewoman
B) Become a fool
C) Fulfil usually male roles
D) Become a pirate
- 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 IV, Scene ii
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) a playwright
C) a court fool
D) the old Vice
- 44. Which English folk tradition influences can be seen in Feste's songs and dialogue?
A) French farces
B) English Morality plays
C) Roman comedies
D) Greek tragedies
- 45. Which Italian play is 'Twelfth Night' most similar to, according to Manningham?
A) Othello
B) Romeo and Juliet
C) The Tempest
D) Inganni
- 46. Which actor played Sir Toby in Davenant's adaptation?
A) Maurice Evans
B) Ralph Richardson
C) John Gielgud
D) Thomas Betterton
- 47. What did Samuel Pepys think of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) a masterpiece
B) a silly play
C) a comedy
D) a tragedy
- 48. In what year was the original Shakespearean text of 'Twelfth Night' revived?
A) 1703
B) 1661
C) 1741
D) 1820
- 49. Who directed a notable production of 'Twelfth Night' in 1912?
A) John Barton
B) Harley Granville-Barker
C) Lilian Baylis
D) Liviu Ciulei
- 50. Which actress played Viola in the 1955 Old Vic production?
A) Beatrix Lehmann
B) Vivien Leigh
C) Diana Rigg
D) Peggy Ashcroft
- 51. Who played Malvolio in the 2012 Globe production?
A) Simon Russell Beale
B) Ian Holm
C) Richard Cordery
D) Stephen Fry
- 52. Which production changed Malvolio's gender to Malvolia?
A) 2012 Globe production
B) 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production
C) 1916 Old Vic production
D) 2017 Royal National Theatre production
- 53. Who played Malvolia in the 2017 Royal National Theatre production?
A) Tamsin Greig
B) Adrian Edmondson
C) Dinita Gohil
D) Kara Tointon
- 54. What setting did the 2022 Old Fruit Jar Productions' 'Twelfth Night' use?
A) Victorian London
B) Elizabethan stately homes
C) 1980s-inspired Benidorm bars
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) 2018
B) 2005
C) 1997
D) 2002
- 56. Which Disney Channel Original Movie sets 'Twelfth Night' in the world of motocross racing?
A) Motocrossed
B) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
C) She's the Man
D) Wicker Park
- 57. In 'She's the Man', what sport is central to the story?
A) Baseball
B) Basketball
C) Soccer
D) Motocross
- 58. Who directed the 2018 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' set in the 21st century?
A) Shaina Taub
B) Trevor Nunn
C) Adam Smethurst
D) Lisa Gottlieb
- 59. In 'Wicker Park', which character plays Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Olivia (played by Helena Bonham Carter)
B) Alex (played by Rose Byrne)
C) Feste (played by Ben Kingsley)
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) Malvolio's Revenge
B) Twelfth Night
C) Epiphany
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 prep school named Illyria
B) A modern high school
C) A motocross racing world
D) A 19th-century setting
- 62. Who played both Viola and Sebastian in the 2018 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Rose Byrne
B) Imogen Stubbs
C) Gwyneth Paltrow
D) Sheila Atim
- 63. Which 2006 film updates 'Twelfth Night' as a contemporary teenage comedy?
A) She's the Man
B) Wicker Park
C) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
D) Motocrossed
- 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 romance
B) A comedy
C) A history
D) A tragedy
- 65. Who directed the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Lisa Gottlieb
B) Adam Smethurst
C) Shaina Taub
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) Rose Byrne
D) Gwyneth Paltrow
- 67. Who played Feste in the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Richard E. Grant
B) Mel Smith
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) John Sichel
B) Nicholas Hytner
C) Michel Saint-Denis
D) George More O'Ferrall
- 70. Which actress played Viola in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Felicity Kendal
B) Martha Henry
C) Parminder Nagra
D) Joan Plowright
- 71. In which year did the BBC Television Shakespeare series adapt 'Twelfth Night'?
A) 1979
B) 1980
C) 1969
D) 1981
- 72. Who starred as Malvolio in the 1964 Canadian TV version of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Not specified
B) Alec Guinness
C) David Troughton
D) Philip Bosco
- 73. Which future Oscar-winner starred as Viola in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Felicity Kendal
B) Helen Hunt
C) Peggy Ashcroft
D) Greer Garson
- 74. Who directed the 1998 PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George McCowan
B) Nicholas Hytner
C) John Sichel
D) Tim Supple
- 75. In the 1988 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Viola?
A) Felicity Kendal
B) Helen Hunt
C) Parminder Nagra
D) Frances Barber
- 76. Which actor played Sir Toby Belch in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) Brian Murray
C) George Devine
D) Robert Hardy
- 77. Who directed the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Michel Saint-Denis
B) Kenneth Branagh
C) John Dexter
D) Tim Supple
- 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) Maurice Evans
C) Alec Guinness
D) Philip Bosco
- 80. In the 1988 Thames Television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Malvolio?
A) Richard Briers
B) David Troughton
C) Robert Hardy
D) Alec Guinness
- 81. Which actress played Viola in the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Helen Hunt
B) Parminder Nagra
C) Felicity Kendal
D) Martha Henry
- 82. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George Devine
B) Brian Murray
C) Ralph Richardson
D) Robert Hardy
- 83. In the 1998 PBS broadcast of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Chiwetel Ejiofor
B) Philip Bosco
C) Paul Rudd
D) Brian Murray
- 84. Which future Oscar-winner played Sir Toby Belch in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Brian Murray
B) Ralph Richardson
C) George Devine
D) Robert Hardy
- 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) Philip Bosco
C) David Troughton
D) Alec Guinness
- 87. In the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Philip Bosco
B) Paul Rudd
C) Brian Murray
D) Chiwetel Ejiofor
- 88. Who was the first person to broadcast a complete Shakespeare play on British radio?
A) Cathleen Nesbitt
B) Tallulah Bankhead
C) Gerald Lawrence
D) Orson Welles
- 89. Who directed the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Orson Welles
B) Gerald Lawrence
C) Sally Avens
D) Cathleen Nesbitt
- 90. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1903?
A) Hubert Parry
B) Arthur Sullivan
C) Percy Grainger
D) Thomas Morley
- 91. Who composed the opera 'Viola' based on Twelfth Night?
A) Karel Weis
B) Edward Lambert
C) Bedřich Smetana
D) Ivan Jirko
- 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) 1989
B) 1888
C) 1943
D) 1907
- 94. Who played Malvolio in a 1938 Mercury Theater Company production?
A) Orson Welles
B) Gerald Lawrence
C) Tallulah Bankhead
D) Cathleen Nesbitt
- 95. Which composer set 'Hey, Robin' to music as part of the Narrenlieder, Op. 29?
A) Gerald Finzi
B) Jean Sibelius
C) Roger Quilter
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) Paul Ready
B) Alec McCowen
C) Michael Maloney
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) Tallulah Bankhead
B) Eve Matheson
C) Wendy Murray
D) Naomi Frederick
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