- 1. In what year was 'Twelfth Night' first performed publicly?
A) 1599
B) 1603
C) 1601
D) 1602
- 2. Who is Viola disguised as in the play?
A) Sebastian
B) Orsino
C) 'Cesario'
D) Olivia
- 3. Which character falls in love with 'Cesario'?
A) Duke Orsino
B) Malvolio
C) Countess Olivia
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 4. What is the name of Viola's twin brother?
A) Sebastian
B) Antonio
C) Orsino
D) Cesario
- 5. Who rescues Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?
A) Malvolio
B) Feste
C) Antonio
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 6. What color stockings does Malvolio wear to show Olivia his feelings?
A) Red
B) Blue
C) Yellow
D) Green
- 7. Who is the pompous steward of Countess Olivia?
A) Feste
B) Malvolio
C) Fabian
D) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- 8. Which character challenges 'Cesario' to a duel?
A) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
B) Orsino
C) Malvolio
D) Sebastian
- 9. What is the setting of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Illyria
B) Venice
C) Florence
D) Rome
- 10. Who wrote 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will'?
A) Thomas Kyd
B) William Shakespeare
C) Christopher Marlowe
D) Ben Jonson
- 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) Sir Toby Belch
C) Malvolio
D) Orsino
- 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) Feste
B) Maria
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Orsino
- 14. What is the name of the pub Antonio recommends to Sebastian in Illyria?
A) The Swan
B) The Elephant
C) The Rose
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) Maria
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 16. In which season is 'Twelfth Night' believed to have been written?
A) The autumn season
B) The summer season
C) The spring 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 arranges a meeting with Olivia
C) She forges a love letter in Olivia's handwriting
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 dislikes him
C) That she is his enemy
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) Twins
C) Friends
D) Cousins
- 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) Rejects her
B) Flees the country
C) Proposes to her
D) Becomes angry
- 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) Malvolio
C) Antonio
D) Orsino
- 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) Revenge on his tormentors
B) Joy
C) Forgiveness
D) Silence
- 27. Who confesses the plot against Malvolio at the end of the play?
A) Feste
B) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
C) Fabian
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 28. Which city-state in Illyria has been proposed as the setting for Twelfth Night?
A) Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
B) Florence
C) Rome
D) Venice
- 29. Which Roman comedy is suggested to have inspired Illyria's setting?
A) Amphitryon
B) The Comedy of Errors
C) Menaechmi
D) Pseudolus
- 30. In which Shakespeare play is Illyria mentioned as a site of pirates?
A) Henry VI, Part 2
B) Othello
C) The Merchant of Venice
D) The Tempest
- 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) Avast, ye landlubbers!
B) Hoist the sails!
C) All hands on deck!
D) Westward ho!
- 33. Who does Viola pretend to be in Twelfth Night?
A) Orsino
B) Malvolio
C) Cesario
D) Sebastian
- 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) The Winter's Tale
B) As You Like It
C) The Tempest
D) Much Ado About Nothing
- 36. Which character in Twelfth Night serves as Orsino's confidant?
A) Malvolio
B) Viola (as Cesario)
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Feste
- 37. What scientific theory prevalent during Shakespeare's era is reflected in Twelfth Night?
A) Females are imperfect males
B) Males and females are completely distinct
C) Females are superior to males
D) Females are more rational than males
- 38. What is the role of 'Time' in Twelfth Night according to the text?
A) Creates confusion
B) Untangles the plot
C) Introduces new characters
D) Resolves conflicts
- 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) Become a pirate
B) Become a noblewoman
C) Fulfil usually male roles
D) Become a fool
- 41. What is the Elizabethan term for 'actor' that Olivia uses when she first meets 'Cesario'?
A) stagehand
B) theatergoer
C) playwright
D) comedian
- 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 modern jester
B) a playwright
C) the old Vice
D) a court fool
- 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) Romeo and Juliet
B) Othello
C) Inganni
D) The Tempest
- 46. Which actor played Sir Toby in Davenant's adaptation?
A) John Gielgud
B) Ralph Richardson
C) Maurice Evans
D) Thomas Betterton
- 47. What did Samuel Pepys think of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) a comedy
B) a silly play
C) a masterpiece
D) a tragedy
- 48. In what year was the original Shakespearean text of 'Twelfth Night' revived?
A) 1741
B) 1661
C) 1703
D) 1820
- 49. Who directed a notable production of 'Twelfth Night' in 1912?
A) Harley Granville-Barker
B) Lilian Baylis
C) John Barton
D) Liviu Ciulei
- 50. Which actress played Viola in the 1955 Old Vic production?
A) Vivien Leigh
B) Beatrix Lehmann
C) Peggy Ashcroft
D) Diana Rigg
- 51. Who played Malvolio in the 2012 Globe production?
A) Simon Russell Beale
B) Stephen Fry
C) Ian Holm
D) Richard Cordery
- 52. Which production changed Malvolio's gender to Malvolia?
A) 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production
B) 2012 Globe 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) Kara Tointon
C) Adrian Edmondson
D) Dinita Gohil
- 54. What setting did the 2022 Old Fruit Jar Productions' 'Twelfth Night' use?
A) Shakespeare's Globe
B) Elizabethan stately homes
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) 1997
B) 2018
C) 2005
D) 2002
- 56. Which Disney Channel Original Movie sets 'Twelfth Night' in the world of motocross racing?
A) Motocrossed
B) Wicker Park
C) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
D) She's the Man
- 57. In 'She's the Man', what sport is central to the story?
A) Soccer
B) Motocross
C) Basketball
D) Baseball
- 58. Who directed the 2018 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' set in the 21st century?
A) Lisa Gottlieb
B) Shaina Taub
C) Adam Smethurst
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) Viola (played by Imogen Stubbs)
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 prep school named Illyria
B) A 19th-century setting
C) A modern high school
D) A motocross racing world
- 62. Who played both Viola and Sebastian in the 2018 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Imogen Stubbs
B) Gwyneth Paltrow
C) Sheila Atim
D) Rose Byrne
- 63. Which 2006 film updates 'Twelfth Night' as a contemporary teenage comedy?
A) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
B) Wicker Park
C) Motocrossed
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 comedy
B) A tragedy
C) A romance
D) A history
- 65. Who directed the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Lisa Gottlieb
B) Trevor Nunn
C) Adam Smethurst
D) Shaina Taub
- 66. In 'Twelfth Night, Or What You Will', who played the role of Olivia?
A) Rose Byrne
B) Gwyneth Paltrow
C) Helena Bonham Carter
D) Imogen Stubbs
- 67. Who played Feste in the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Richard E. Grant
B) Ben Kingsley
C) Nigel Hawthorne
D) Mel Smith
- 68. Which 2004 film features a character playing Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Motocrossed
B) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
C) She's the Man
D) Wicker Park
- 69. Who directed the 1939 television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Nicholas Hytner
B) Michel Saint-Denis
C) George More O'Ferrall
D) John Sichel
- 70. Which actress played Viola in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Felicity Kendal
B) Martha Henry
C) Joan Plowright
D) Parminder Nagra
- 71. In which year did the BBC Television Shakespeare series adapt 'Twelfth Night'?
A) 1981
B) 1980
C) 1979
D) 1969
- 72. Who starred as Malvolio in the 1964 Canadian TV version of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Not specified
B) David Troughton
C) Alec Guinness
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) Greer Garson
D) Peggy Ashcroft
- 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) Frances Barber
D) Helen Hunt
- 76. Which actor played Sir Toby Belch in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Robert Hardy
B) George Devine
C) Ralph Richardson
D) Brian Murray
- 77. Who directed the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Tim Supple
B) Kenneth Branagh
C) John Dexter
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) Alec Guinness
B) Philip Bosco
C) Maurice Evans
D) Alec McCowen
- 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) Felicity Kendal
B) Martha Henry
C) Helen Hunt
D) Parminder Nagra
- 82. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Brian Murray
B) Ralph Richardson
C) Robert Hardy
D) George Devine
- 83. In the 1998 PBS broadcast of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Philip Bosco
B) Brian Murray
C) Paul Rudd
D) Chiwetel Ejiofor
- 84. Which future Oscar-winner played Sir Toby Belch in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Brian Murray
B) Robert Hardy
C) Ralph Richardson
D) George Devine
- 85. Who directed the 1964 Canadian TV version of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George McCowan
B) Michel Saint-Denis
C) John Sichel
D) Tim Supple
- 86. In the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation, who played Malvolio?
A) Alec Guinness
B) Alec McCowen
C) David Troughton
D) Philip Bosco
- 87. In the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Chiwetel Ejiofor
B) Philip Bosco
C) Paul Rudd
D) Brian Murray
- 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) Gerald Lawrence
C) Cathleen Nesbitt
D) Orson Welles
- 90. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1903?
A) Thomas Morley
B) Hubert Parry
C) Arthur Sullivan
D) Percy Grainger
- 91. Who composed the opera 'Viola' based on Twelfth Night?
A) Edward Lambert
B) Ivan Jirko
C) Bedřich Smetana
D) Karel Weis
- 92. Which composer set 'Come Away, Come Away, Death' to music in 1860?
A) Gerald Finzi
B) Johannes Brahms
C) Erich Korngold
D) Roger Quilter
- 93. In which year was Engelbert Humperdinck's stage music based on Twelfth Night composed?
A) 1907
B) 1989
C) 1888
D) 1943
- 94. Who played Malvolio in a 1938 Mercury Theater Company production?
A) Tallulah Bankhead
B) Orson Welles
C) Cathleen Nesbitt
D) Gerald Lawrence
- 95. Which composer set 'Hey, Robin' to music as part of the Narrenlieder, Op. 29?
A) Jean Sibelius
B) Gerald Finzi
C) Roger Quilter
D) Erich Korngold
- 96. Who played Viola in the 1993 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Eve Matheson
B) Wendy Murray
C) Naomi Frederick
D) Tallulah Bankhead
- 97. Who played Orsino in the 1998 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Orson Welles
B) Michael Maloney
C) Alec McCowen
D) Paul Ready
- 98. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Andrew Sachs
B) Norman Rodway
C) Ron Cook
D) Joss Ackland
- 99. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1897?
A) Arthur Sullivan
B) Hubert Parry
C) Thomas Morley
D) Amy Beach
- 100. Who played Viola in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Naomi Frederick
B) Wendy Murray
C) Eve Matheson
D) Tallulah Bankhead
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