- 1. In what year was 'Twelfth Night' first performed publicly?
A) 1602
B) 1601
C) 1599
D) 1603
- 2. Who is Viola disguised as in the play?
A) Sebastian
B) 'Cesario'
C) Orsino
D) Olivia
- 3. Which character falls in love with 'Cesario'?
A) Malvolio
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Countess Olivia
D) Duke Orsino
- 4. What is the name of Viola's twin brother?
A) Cesario
B) Sebastian
C) Orsino
D) Antonio
- 5. Who rescues Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Malvolio
C) Feste
D) Antonio
- 6. What color stockings does Malvolio wear to show Olivia his feelings?
A) Yellow
B) Blue
C) Green
D) Red
- 7. Who is the pompous steward of Countess Olivia?
A) Malvolio
B) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
C) Feste
D) Fabian
- 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) Rome
B) Illyria
C) Florence
D) Venice
- 10. Who wrote 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will'?
A) Ben Jonson
B) Christopher Marlowe
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) Orsino
B) Malvolio
C) Feste
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 12. What is the main theme explored through Viola's disguise as 'Cesario'?
A) Gender identity and sexual attraction
B) Political intrigue
C) Love at first sight
D) Revenge
- 13. Who suggests taking revenge on Malvolio by convincing him Olivia loves him?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Orsino
C) Maria
D) Feste
- 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) Sir Toby Belch
B) Feste
C) Maria
D) Fabian
- 16. In which season is 'Twelfth Night' believed to have been written?
A) The summer season
B) The Christmas 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 tells him directly
C) She forges a love letter in Olivia's handwriting
D) She arranges a meeting with Olivia
- 18. What does Malvolio believe about Olivia's feelings towards him?
A) That she is indifferent to him
B) That she is his enemy
C) That she dislikes him
D) That she is secretly in love with him
- 19. Who does Viola marry at the end of the play?
A) Sebastian
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Duke Orsino
D) Malvolio
- 20. What is the relationship between Viola and Sebastian?
A) Siblings
B) Cousins
C) Twins
D) Friends
- 21. What does Feste do at the end of the play?
A) Dances
B) Leaves the country
C) Marries Maria
D) Sings a song
- 22. What does Orsino do when he learns of Viola's true identity?
A) Proposes to her
B) Flees the country
C) Becomes angry
D) Rejects her
- 23. What is the name of the play?
A) The Tempest
B) Twelfth Night
C) Much Ado About Nothing
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) Forgiveness
B) Revenge on his tormentors
C) Joy
D) Silence
- 27. Who confesses the plot against Malvolio at the end of the play?
A) Feste
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
D) Fabian
- 28. Which city-state in Illyria has been proposed as the setting for Twelfth Night?
A) Florence
B) Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
C) Venice
D) Rome
- 29. Which Roman comedy is suggested to have inspired Illyria's setting?
A) Menaechmi
B) The Comedy of Errors
C) Amphitryon
D) Pseudolus
- 30. In which Shakespeare play is Illyria mentioned as a site of pirates?
A) Othello
B) The Tempest
C) The Merchant of Venice
D) Henry VI, Part 2
- 31. Who described the first recorded public performance of Twelfth Night?
A) William Shakespeare
B) Ben Jonson
C) John Manningham
D) Christopher Marlowe
- 32. What is the typical cry of 16th-century London boatmen mentioned by Viola?
A) Westward ho!
B) Hoist the sails!
C) Avast, ye landlubbers!
D) All hands on deck!
- 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) Ophelia
B) Rosalind
C) Desdemona
D) Juliet
- 35. In which play does Rosalind use cross-dressing?
A) The Tempest
B) As You Like It
C) The Winter's Tale
D) Much Ado About Nothing
- 36. Which character in Twelfth Night serves as Orsino's confidant?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Malvolio
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) Creates confusion
B) Introduces new characters
C) Resolves conflicts
D) Untangles the plot
- 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 fool
C) Become a noblewoman
D) Become a pirate
- 41. What is the Elizabethan term for 'actor' that Olivia uses when she first meets 'Cesario'?
A) comedian
B) playwright
C) stagehand
D) theatergoer
- 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 III, Scene iv
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) the old Vice
C) a court fool
D) a playwright
- 44. Which English folk tradition influences can be seen in Feste's songs and dialogue?
A) Greek tragedies
B) Roman comedies
C) English Morality plays
D) French farces
- 45. Which Italian play is 'Twelfth Night' most similar to, according to Manningham?
A) Romeo and Juliet
B) The Tempest
C) Inganni
D) Othello
- 46. Which actor played Sir Toby in Davenant's adaptation?
A) Thomas Betterton
B) John Gielgud
C) Ralph Richardson
D) Maurice Evans
- 47. What did Samuel Pepys think of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) a tragedy
B) a masterpiece
C) a silly play
D) a comedy
- 48. In what year was the original Shakespearean text of 'Twelfth Night' revived?
A) 1661
B) 1703
C) 1741
D) 1820
- 49. Who directed a notable production of 'Twelfth Night' in 1912?
A) Liviu Ciulei
B) Harley Granville-Barker
C) John Barton
D) Lilian Baylis
- 50. Which actress played Viola in the 1955 Old Vic production?
A) Vivien Leigh
B) Peggy Ashcroft
C) Beatrix Lehmann
D) Diana Rigg
- 51. Who played Malvolio in the 2012 Globe production?
A) Ian Holm
B) Simon Russell Beale
C) Stephen Fry
D) Richard Cordery
- 52. Which production changed Malvolio's gender to Malvolia?
A) 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production
B) 2017 Royal National Theatre production
C) 2012 Globe production
D) 1916 Old Vic production
- 53. Who played Malvolia in the 2017 Royal National Theatre production?
A) Tamsin Greig
B) Kara Tointon
C) Dinita Gohil
D) Adrian Edmondson
- 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) 1997
B) 2018
C) 2002
D) 2005
- 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) 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) Adam Smethurst
C) Shaina Taub
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) Twelfth Night
C) A Comedy of Heirors, or The Imposters
D) Epiphany
- 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) Imogen Stubbs
B) Sheila Atim
C) Rose Byrne
D) Gwyneth Paltrow
- 63. Which 2006 film updates 'Twelfth Night' as a contemporary teenage comedy?
A) Motocrossed
B) She's the Man
C) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
D) Wicker Park
- 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 romance
C) A comedy
D) A tragedy
- 65. Who directed the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Adam Smethurst
B) Trevor Nunn
C) Lisa Gottlieb
D) Shaina Taub
- 66. In 'Twelfth Night, Or What You Will', who played the role of Olivia?
A) Imogen Stubbs
B) Rose Byrne
C) Helena Bonham Carter
D) Gwyneth Paltrow
- 67. Who played Feste in the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Mel Smith
B) Ben Kingsley
C) Richard E. Grant
D) Nigel Hawthorne
- 68. Which 2004 film features a character playing Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Wicker Park
B) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
C) Motocrossed
D) She's the Man
- 69. Who directed the 1939 television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George More O'Ferrall
B) Michel Saint-Denis
C) John Sichel
D) Nicholas Hytner
- 70. Which actress played Viola in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Parminder Nagra
B) Martha Henry
C) Joan Plowright
D) Felicity Kendal
- 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) Alec Guinness
B) David Troughton
C) Not specified
D) Philip Bosco
- 73. Which future Oscar-winner starred as Viola in the 1939 television production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Peggy Ashcroft
B) Greer Garson
C) Helen Hunt
D) Felicity Kendal
- 74. Who directed the 1998 PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) John Sichel
B) George McCowan
C) Nicholas Hytner
D) Tim Supple
- 75. In the 1988 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Viola?
A) Felicity Kendal
B) Frances Barber
C) Helen Hunt
D) Parminder Nagra
- 76. Which actor played Sir Toby Belch in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George Devine
B) Robert Hardy
C) Brian Murray
D) Ralph Richardson
- 77. Who directed the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) John Dexter
B) Kenneth Branagh
C) Tim Supple
D) Michel Saint-Denis
- 78. Which actress played Olivia in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Rosemary Harris
B) Frances Hyland
C) Sinéad Cusack
D) Kyra Sedgwick
- 79. Who played Malvolio in the 1957 NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Philip Bosco
B) Alec Guinness
C) Alec McCowen
D) Maurice Evans
- 80. In the 1988 Thames Television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Malvolio?
A) Robert Hardy
B) Richard Briers
C) Alec Guinness
D) David Troughton
- 81. Which actress played Viola in the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Parminder Nagra
B) Martha Henry
C) Felicity Kendal
D) Helen Hunt
- 82. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) Robert Hardy
C) George Devine
D) Brian Murray
- 83. In the 1998 PBS broadcast of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Brian Murray
B) Philip Bosco
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) Robert Hardy
D) Ralph Richardson
- 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 Guinness
B) Philip Bosco
C) David Troughton
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) Tallulah Bankhead
B) Orson Welles
C) Cathleen Nesbitt
D) Gerald Lawrence
- 89. Who directed the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Cathleen Nesbitt
B) Gerald Lawrence
C) Orson Welles
D) Sally Avens
- 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) Erich Korngold
D) Roger Quilter
- 93. In which year was Engelbert Humperdinck's stage music based on Twelfth Night composed?
A) 1989
B) 1907
C) 1888
D) 1943
- 94. Who played Malvolio in a 1938 Mercury Theater Company production?
A) Gerald Lawrence
B) Tallulah Bankhead
C) Cathleen Nesbitt
D) Orson Welles
- 95. Which composer set 'Hey, Robin' to music as part of the Narrenlieder, Op. 29?
A) Erich Korngold
B) Jean Sibelius
C) Gerald Finzi
D) Roger Quilter
- 96. Who played Viola in the 1993 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Tallulah Bankhead
B) Naomi Frederick
C) Eve Matheson
D) Wendy Murray
- 97. Who played Orsino in the 1998 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Michael Maloney
B) Alec McCowen
C) Orson Welles
D) Paul Ready
- 98. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Joss Ackland
B) Ron Cook
C) Andrew Sachs
D) Norman Rodway
- 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) Eve Matheson
B) Wendy Murray
C) Naomi Frederick
D) Tallulah Bankhead
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