- 1. In what year was 'Twelfth Night' first performed publicly?
A) 1599
B) 1602
C) 1601
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) Duke Orsino
D) Countess Olivia
- 4. What is the name of Viola's twin brother?
A) Cesario
B) Orsino
C) Antonio
D) Sebastian
- 5. Who rescues Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?
A) Feste
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Antonio
D) Malvolio
- 6. What color stockings does Malvolio wear to show Olivia his feelings?
A) Green
B) Red
C) Yellow
D) Blue
- 7. Who is the pompous steward of Countess Olivia?
A) Malvolio
B) Fabian
C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
D) Feste
- 8. Which character challenges 'Cesario' to a duel?
A) Sebastian
B) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
C) Orsino
D) Malvolio
- 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) Christopher Marlowe
B) Thomas Kyd
C) Ben Jonson
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) Malvolio
B) Orsino
C) Feste
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 12. What is the main theme explored through Viola's disguise as 'Cesario'?
A) Revenge
B) Political intrigue
C) Gender identity and sexual attraction
D) Love at first sight
- 13. Who suggests taking revenge on Malvolio by convincing him Olivia loves him?
A) Orsino
B) Feste
C) Maria
D) Sir Toby Belch
- 14. What is the name of the pub Antonio recommends to Sebastian in Illyria?
A) The Swan
B) The Boar's Head
C) The Rose
D) The Elephant
- 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) Fabian
D) Maria
- 16. In which season is 'Twelfth Night' believed to have been written?
A) The Christmas season
B) The spring season
C) The autumn season
D) The summer season
- 17. What does Maria do to make Malvolio believe Olivia is in love with him?
A) She forges a love letter in Olivia's handwriting
B) She arranges a meeting with Olivia
C) She writes a song about him
D) She tells him directly
- 18. What does Malvolio believe about Olivia's feelings towards him?
A) That she dislikes him
B) That she is secretly in love with 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) Malvolio
B) Duke Orsino
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Sebastian
- 20. What is the relationship between Viola and Sebastian?
A) Twins
B) Friends
C) Cousins
D) Siblings
- 21. What does Feste do at the end of the play?
A) Leaves the country
B) Marries Maria
C) Sings a song
D) Dances
- 22. What does Orsino do when he learns of Viola's true identity?
A) Proposes to her
B) Becomes angry
C) Flees the country
D) Rejects her
- 23. What is the name of the play?
A) Much Ado About Nothing
B) As You Like It
C) Twelfth Night
D) The Tempest
- 24. Who is the Duke of Illyria?
A) Sebastian
B) Antonio
C) Malvolio
D) Orsino
- 25. What does Olivia vow to do before accepting love or marriage?
A) Wait seven years
B) Become a nun
C) Leave Illyria
D) Marry Orsino
- 26. What does Malvolio swear at the end of the play?
A) Silence
B) Revenge on his tormentors
C) Joy
D) Forgiveness
- 27. Who confesses the plot against Malvolio at the end of the play?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
C) Feste
D) Fabian
- 28. Which city-state in Illyria has been proposed as the setting for Twelfth Night?
A) Rome
B) Florence
C) Venice
D) Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
- 29. Which Roman comedy is suggested to have inspired Illyria's setting?
A) Pseudolus
B) Menaechmi
C) The Comedy of Errors
D) Amphitryon
- 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) 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) Avast, ye landlubbers!
B) Westward ho!
C) Hoist the sails!
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) Desdemona
B) Rosalind
C) Juliet
D) Ophelia
- 35. In which play does Rosalind use cross-dressing?
A) The Tempest
B) Much Ado About Nothing
C) As You Like It
D) The Winter's Tale
- 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 superior to males
C) Males and females are completely distinct
D) Females are imperfect males
- 38. What is the role of 'Time' in Twelfth Night according to the text?
A) Resolves conflicts
B) Introduces new characters
C) Untangles the plot
D) Creates confusion
- 39. Which character in Twelfth Night does not use their disguise to intervene directly in the plot?
A) Feste
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Viola
D) Malvolio
- 40. What does Viola's cross-dressing enable her to do?
A) Become a noblewoman
B) Fulfil usually male roles
C) Become a fool
D) Become a pirate
- 41. What is the Elizabethan term for 'actor' that Olivia uses when she first meets 'Cesario'?
A) playwright
B) theatergoer
C) comedian
D) stagehand
- 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 IV, Scene ii
D) Act III, Scene iv
- 43. What does Feste liken himself to at the end of his performance for Malvolio?
A) a court fool
B) a playwright
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) English Morality plays
C) Greek tragedies
D) French farces
- 45. Which Italian play is 'Twelfth Night' most similar to, according to Manningham?
A) Othello
B) The Tempest
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) Inganni
- 46. Which actor played Sir Toby in Davenant's adaptation?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) Thomas Betterton
C) John Gielgud
D) Maurice Evans
- 47. What did Samuel Pepys think of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) a silly play
B) a masterpiece
C) a comedy
D) a tragedy
- 48. In what year was the original Shakespearean text of 'Twelfth Night' revived?
A) 1703
B) 1820
C) 1741
D) 1661
- 49. Who directed a notable production of 'Twelfth Night' in 1912?
A) Harley Granville-Barker
B) Liviu Ciulei
C) John Barton
D) Lilian Baylis
- 50. Which actress played Viola in the 1955 Old Vic production?
A) Beatrix Lehmann
B) Vivien Leigh
C) Peggy Ashcroft
D) Diana Rigg
- 51. Who played Malvolio in the 2012 Globe production?
A) Simon Russell Beale
B) Ian Holm
C) Stephen Fry
D) Richard Cordery
- 52. Which production changed Malvolio's gender to Malvolia?
A) 1916 Old Vic production
B) 2017 Royal National Theatre production
C) 2012 Globe production
D) 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production
- 53. Who played Malvolia in the 2017 Royal National Theatre production?
A) Tamsin Greig
B) Dinita Gohil
C) Adrian Edmondson
D) Kara Tointon
- 54. What setting did the 2022 Old Fruit Jar Productions' 'Twelfth Night' use?
A) 1980s-inspired Benidorm bars
B) Shakespeare's Globe
C) Elizabethan stately homes
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) 2005
B) 1997
C) 2002
D) 2018
- 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) Basketball
B) Baseball
C) Soccer
D) Motocross
- 58. Who directed the 2018 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' set in the 21st century?
A) Trevor Nunn
B) Lisa Gottlieb
C) Adam Smethurst
D) Shaina Taub
- 59. In 'Wicker Park', which character plays Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Alex (played by Rose Byrne)
B) Olivia (played by Helena Bonham Carter)
C) Viola (played by Imogen Stubbs)
D) Feste (played by Ben Kingsley)
- 60. Which play by the Takarazuka Revue added commentary on gender roles and was performed by an all-female cast?
A) Epiphany
B) Malvolio's Revenge
C) A Comedy of Heirors, or The Imposters
D) Twelfth Night
- 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 prep school named Illyria
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) Gwyneth Paltrow
C) Sheila Atim
D) Rose Byrne
- 63. Which 2006 film updates 'Twelfth Night' as a contemporary teenage comedy?
A) Wicker Park
B) She's the Man
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 tragedy
C) A history
D) A comedy
- 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) Rose Byrne
B) Gwyneth Paltrow
C) Imogen Stubbs
D) Helena Bonham Carter
- 67. Who played Feste in the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Richard E. Grant
B) Ben Kingsley
C) Mel Smith
D) Nigel Hawthorne
- 68. Which 2004 film features a character playing Viola in an amateur production of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
B) Wicker Park
C) She's the Man
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) Martha Henry
B) Felicity Kendal
C) Joan Plowright
D) Parminder Nagra
- 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) Alec Guinness
B) Not specified
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) Greer Garson
C) Helen Hunt
D) Peggy Ashcroft
- 74. Who directed the 1998 PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Tim Supple
B) George McCowan
C) John Sichel
D) Nicholas Hytner
- 75. In the 1988 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Viola?
A) Parminder Nagra
B) Frances Barber
C) Helen Hunt
D) Felicity Kendal
- 76. Which actor played Sir Toby Belch in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Robert Hardy
B) Brian Murray
C) Ralph Richardson
D) George Devine
- 77. Who directed the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Tim Supple
B) Kenneth Branagh
C) Michel Saint-Denis
D) John Dexter
- 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) Alec McCowen
C) Maurice Evans
D) Philip Bosco
- 80. In the 1988 Thames Television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Malvolio?
A) Robert Hardy
B) Richard Briers
C) David Troughton
D) Alec Guinness
- 81. Which actress played Viola in the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Parminder Nagra
B) Martha Henry
C) Helen Hunt
D) Felicity Kendal
- 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) Paul Rudd
B) Brian Murray
C) Philip Bosco
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) Michel Saint-Denis
B) John Sichel
C) George McCowan
D) Tim Supple
- 86. In the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation, who played Malvolio?
A) David Troughton
B) Alec Guinness
C) Alec McCowen
D) Philip Bosco
- 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) Cathleen Nesbitt
C) Gerald Lawrence
D) Orson Welles
- 89. Who directed the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Orson Welles
B) Sally Avens
C) Cathleen Nesbitt
D) Gerald Lawrence
- 90. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1903?
A) Arthur Sullivan
B) Percy Grainger
C) Thomas Morley
D) Hubert Parry
- 91. Who composed the opera 'Viola' based on Twelfth Night?
A) Karel Weis
B) Ivan Jirko
C) Bedřich Smetana
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) 1943
B) 1907
C) 1989
D) 1888
- 94. Who played Malvolio in a 1938 Mercury Theater Company production?
A) Gerald Lawrence
B) Cathleen Nesbitt
C) Tallulah Bankhead
D) Orson Welles
- 95. Which composer set 'Hey, Robin' to music as part of the Narrenlieder, Op. 29?
A) Erich Korngold
B) Gerald Finzi
C) Jean Sibelius
D) Roger Quilter
- 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) Orson Welles
C) Alec McCowen
D) Paul Ready
- 98. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Ron Cook
B) Andrew Sachs
C) Joss Ackland
D) Norman Rodway
- 99. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1897?
A) Amy Beach
B) Arthur Sullivan
C) Hubert Parry
D) Thomas Morley
- 100. Who played Viola in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Wendy Murray
B) Eve Matheson
C) Tallulah Bankhead
D) Naomi Frederick
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