Twelfth Night - Quiz
Twelfth Night
  • 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) Orsino
C) 'Cesario'
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) Orsino
B) Sebastian
C) Antonio
D) Cesario
  • 5. Who rescues Sebastian after he is shipwrecked?
A) Sir Toby Belch
B) Feste
C) Antonio
D) Malvolio
  • 6. What color stockings does Malvolio wear to show Olivia his feelings?
A) Green
B) Blue
C) Red
D) Yellow
  • 7. Who is the pompous steward of Countess Olivia?
A) Feste
B) Fabian
C) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
D) Malvolio
  • 8. Which character challenges 'Cesario' to a duel?
A) Orsino
B) Sir Andrew Aguecheek
C) Sebastian
D) Malvolio
  • 9. What is the setting of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Florence
B) Rome
C) Illyria
D) Venice
  • 10. Who wrote 'Twelfth Night, or What You Will'?
A) Thomas Kyd
B) Ben Jonson
C) William Shakespeare
D) Christopher Marlowe
  • 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) Sir Toby Belch
C) Feste
D) Orsino
  • 12. What is the main theme explored through Viola's disguise as 'Cesario'?
A) Political intrigue
B) Gender identity and sexual attraction
C) Love at first sight
D) Revenge
  • 13. Who suggests taking revenge on Malvolio by convincing him Olivia loves him?
A) Feste
B) Orsino
C) Sir Toby Belch
D) Maria
  • 14. What is the name of the pub Antonio recommends to Sebastian in Illyria?
A) The Boar's Head
B) The Elephant
C) The Rose
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 arranges a meeting with Olivia
B) She forges a love letter in Olivia's handwriting
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 is his enemy
B) That she is secretly in love with him
C) That she is indifferent to him
D) That she dislikes him
  • 19. Who does Viola marry at the end of the play?
A) Duke Orsino
B) Sir Toby Belch
C) Malvolio
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) Sings a song
B) Leaves the country
C) Marries Maria
D) Dances
  • 22. What does Orsino do when he learns of Viola's true identity?
A) Proposes to her
B) Rejects her
C) Flees the country
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) Malvolio
B) Orsino
C) Antonio
D) Sebastian
  • 25. What does Olivia vow to do before accepting love or marriage?
A) Wait seven years
B) Marry Orsino
C) Leave Illyria
D) Become a nun
  • 26. What does Malvolio swear at the end of the play?
A) Silence
B) Revenge on his tormentors
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) Feste
D) Fabian
  • 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) Menaechmi
B) Pseudolus
C) Amphitryon
D) The Comedy of Errors
  • 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) 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) Westward ho!
B) Avast, ye landlubbers!
C) Hoist the sails!
D) All hands on deck!
  • 33. Who does Viola pretend to be in Twelfth Night?
A) Sebastian
B) Malvolio
C) Orsino
D) Cesario
  • 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 Winter's Tale
B) The Tempest
C) Much Ado About Nothing
D) As You Like It
  • 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) Females are superior to males
C) Males and females are completely distinct
D) Females are more rational than males
  • 38. What is the role of 'Time' in Twelfth Night according to the text?
A) Introduces new characters
B) Untangles the plot
C) Creates confusion
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 noblewoman
B) Become a fool
C) Become a pirate
D) Fulfil usually male roles
  • 41. What is the Elizabethan term for 'actor' that Olivia uses when she first meets 'Cesario'?
A) playwright
B) stagehand
C) comedian
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 I, Scene v
C) Act V, Scene i
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) the old Vice
C) a modern jester
D) a playwright
  • 44. Which English folk tradition influences can be seen in Feste's songs and dialogue?
A) English Morality plays
B) French farces
C) Greek tragedies
D) Roman comedies
  • 45. Which Italian play is 'Twelfth Night' most similar to, according to Manningham?
A) Inganni
B) Othello
C) Romeo and Juliet
D) The Tempest
  • 46. Which actor played Sir Toby in Davenant's adaptation?
A) John Gielgud
B) Thomas Betterton
C) Ralph Richardson
D) Maurice Evans
  • 47. What did Samuel Pepys think of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) a silly play
B) a comedy
C) a masterpiece
D) a tragedy
  • 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) John Barton
B) Liviu Ciulei
C) Harley Granville-Barker
D) Lilian Baylis
  • 50. Which actress played Viola in the 1955 Old Vic production?
A) Vivien Leigh
B) Diana Rigg
C) Peggy Ashcroft
D) Beatrix Lehmann
  • 51. Who played Malvolio in the 2012 Globe production?
A) Simon Russell Beale
B) Richard Cordery
C) Stephen Fry
D) Ian Holm
  • 52. Which production changed Malvolio's gender to Malvolia?
A) 2017 Royal National Theatre production
B) 2012 Globe production
C) 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production
D) 1916 Old Vic production
  • 53. Who played Malvolia in the 2017 Royal National Theatre production?
A) Dinita Gohil
B) Tamsin Greig
C) Adrian Edmondson
D) Kara Tointon
  • 54. What setting did the 2022 Old Fruit Jar Productions' 'Twelfth Night' use?
A) Shakespeare's Globe
B) Victorian London
C) 1980s-inspired Benidorm bars
D) Elizabethan stately homes
  • 55. In which year did the Public Theatre premiere a musical adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' with original music by Shaina Taub?
A) 2002
B) 1997
C) 2018
D) 2005
  • 56. Which Disney Channel Original Movie sets 'Twelfth Night' in the world of motocross racing?
A) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
B) Wicker Park
C) She's the Man
D) Motocrossed
  • 57. In 'She's the Man', what sport is central to the story?
A) Soccer
B) Basketball
C) Baseball
D) Motocross
  • 58. Who directed the 2018 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night' set in the 21st century?
A) Lisa Gottlieb
B) Trevor Nunn
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) Feste (played by Ben Kingsley)
C) Olivia (played by Helena Bonham Carter)
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) A Comedy of Heirors, or The Imposters
B) Twelfth Night
C) Epiphany
D) Malvolio's Revenge
  • 61. In 'Just One of the Guys', what modern setting is used for the adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) A modern high school
B) A prep school named Illyria
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) Sheila Atim
B) Rose Byrne
C) Imogen Stubbs
D) Gwyneth Paltrow
  • 63. Which 2006 film updates 'Twelfth Night' as a contemporary teenage comedy?
A) She's the Man
B) Wicker Park
C) Motocrossed
D) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
  • 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 comedy
C) A romance
D) A tragedy
  • 65. Who directed the 1996 film adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Lisa Gottlieb
B) Adam Smethurst
C) Trevor Nunn
D) Shaina Taub
  • 66. In 'Twelfth Night, Or What You Will', who played the role of Olivia?
A) Rose Byrne
B) Helena Bonham Carter
C) Imogen Stubbs
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) Motocrossed
B) She's the Man
C) Wicker Park
D) Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
  • 69. Who directed the 1939 television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George More O'Ferrall
B) John Sichel
C) Nicholas Hytner
D) Michel Saint-Denis
  • 70. Which actress played Viola in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Martha Henry
B) Joan Plowright
C) Parminder Nagra
D) Felicity Kendal
  • 71. In which year did the BBC Television Shakespeare series adapt 'Twelfth Night'?
A) 1981
B) 1969
C) 1979
D) 1980
  • 72. Who starred as Malvolio in the 1964 Canadian TV version of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) David Troughton
B) Alec Guinness
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) George McCowan
B) Tim Supple
C) Nicholas Hytner
D) John Sichel
  • 75. In the 1988 adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Viola?
A) Helen Hunt
B) Frances Barber
C) Parminder Nagra
D) Felicity Kendal
  • 76. Which actor played Sir Toby Belch in the 1969 UK television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Ralph Richardson
B) George Devine
C) Brian Murray
D) Robert Hardy
  • 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) Kyra Sedgwick
B) Rosemary Harris
C) Sinéad Cusack
D) Frances Hyland
  • 79. Who played Malvolio in the 1957 NBC Hallmark Hall of Fame adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Philip Bosco
B) Maurice Evans
C) Alec McCowen
D) Alec Guinness
  • 80. In the 1988 Thames Television adaptation of 'Twelfth Night', who played Malvolio?
A) David Troughton
B) Robert Hardy
C) Richard Briers
D) Alec Guinness
  • 81. Which actress played Viola in the 2003 tele-movie adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) Felicity Kendal
B) Helen Hunt
C) Martha Henry
D) Parminder Nagra
  • 82. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare series adaptation of 'Twelfth Night'?
A) George Devine
B) Brian Murray
C) Robert Hardy
D) Ralph Richardson
  • 83. In the 1998 PBS broadcast of 'Twelfth Night', who played Orsino?
A) Brian Murray
B) Paul Rudd
C) Philip Bosco
D) Chiwetel Ejiofor
  • 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) John Sichel
B) George McCowan
C) Michel Saint-Denis
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) Philip Bosco
B) Paul Rudd
C) Chiwetel Ejiofor
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) Cathleen Nesbitt
B) Orson Welles
C) Sally Avens
D) Gerald Lawrence
  • 90. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1903?
A) Percy Grainger
B) Thomas Morley
C) Arthur Sullivan
D) Hubert Parry
  • 91. Who composed the opera 'Viola' based on Twelfth Night?
A) Ivan Jirko
B) Karel Weis
C) Bedřich Smetana
D) Edward Lambert
  • 92. Which composer set 'Come Away, Come Away, Death' to music in 1860?
A) Gerald Finzi
B) Johannes Brahms
C) Roger Quilter
D) Erich Korngold
  • 93. In which year was Engelbert Humperdinck's stage music based on Twelfth Night composed?
A) 1943
B) 1888
C) 1989
D) 1907
  • 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) Gerald Finzi
B) Erich Korngold
C) Roger Quilter
D) Jean Sibelius
  • 96. Who played Viola in the 1993 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Wendy Murray
B) Naomi Frederick
C) Eve Matheson
D) Tallulah Bankhead
  • 97. Who played Orsino in the 1998 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Paul Ready
B) Orson Welles
C) Alec McCowen
D) Michael Maloney
  • 98. Who played Sir Toby Belch in the 2012 BBC Radio 3 adaptation of Twelfth Night?
A) Norman Rodway
B) Joss Ackland
C) Andrew Sachs
D) Ron Cook
  • 99. Which composer set 'O Mistress Mine' to music in 1897?
A) Arthur Sullivan
B) Amy Beach
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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