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- 1. Multiple Choice
How does Olivia attempt to trick Viola at the beginning of their encounter (page 9)?
She puts on her veil and pretends to be someone else.
She dresses as a man.
She pretends not to know who Orsino is.
She tells her one of Feste's riddles.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why does Olivia ask if Viola is a comedian (an "actor" in the translation; page 9)?
Viola is full of emotion.
Viola is attempting to recite Orsino's speech.
Viola is telling bad jokes.
Viola has entered the room with a whole "cast" of Orsino's servants and attendants.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Olivia says that she heard Viola was "saucy" at the gates. Given the context, what does this most likely mean (page 10)?
lazy
bold
ignorant
timid
- 4. Multiple Choice
Olivia confesses she has read the "chapter" of Orsino's "heart." What does she call it (page 11)?
idiotic
romantic
heresy
bold
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why does Olivia say that Viola is "overstepping" her "bounds" (page 11)?
Viola forgets Orsino's message.
Viola confesses her love to Olivia.
Viola threatens her.
Viola asks to see Olivia's face.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does Viola tell Olivia she would do if she were in Orsino's position (page 13)?
shut herself up for weeks and never talk to Olivia again
force Olivia into marrying
throw a tantrum
camp outside of Olivia's house and sing love songs
- 7. Multiple Choice
When Viola exits, Olivia repeats some of her dialogue from the page before (page 14, lines 263-265)? She most likely does this to ...
relive the moment
mock Viola
try and understand what Viola meant
tell Malvolio what happened
- 8. Multiple Choice
What comparison does Olivia use on page 14 to describe the way she's feeling about Viola?
being entertained by a jester
catching a plague
floating on a cloud
listening to music
- 9. Multiple Choice
In the final lines of the scene, Olivia asks that "Fate, show thy force. Ourselves we do not owe." Here she is admitting that she has control in her situation (page 15).
true
false
- 10. Multiple Choice
Olivia instructs Malvolio to do what at the end of the scene?
fire Feste the Fool
send a love letter to Orsino
give Viola a ring
kick Viola out of the house and forbid her from coming back
- 11. Multiple Choice
By the end of the scene, who does Olivia reveal that she loves (page 14-15)?
Malvolio
Orsino
Viola (disguised as "Cesario")
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- 12. Open Ended
How did Viola win Olivia over in this scene? Cite the moments and briefly explain.
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