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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night revision
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1
When is rhyme used in blank verse...choose two!
to show love
to show the difference between blank verse and prose
to close a scene
to create emphasis
2
Where is the play set?
Illinois
Lisbon
Illyria
Syria
3
Twinning proves the only way to resolve the classic love triangle on which the plot is based
False
True
4
Although twinning is a device used throughout, how to the twins finally identify each other?
they look identical
the chorus sing the song
there is a lengthy Q&A session
they just know
5
How does Shakespeare vary the pace in Twelfth Night
Dramatic irony
Iambic pentameter
the shift between poetry and prose
Q&A sessions
6
Identify the two men living with Countess Olivia...
Sir Toby Belch
Sir Andy Burp
Sir Tobias August
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
7
How is dramatic effect created in this play which is very different to many of the other plays?
the use of a fool
the use of a narrator throughout
costume requirements clearly mentioned
clever lighting
8
What genre does Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' come under?
History
Morality
Tragedy
Comedy
9
All is well and happy and everyone leaves the stage, apart from Feste who happily sings
False
True
10
Although a comedy, Twelfth Night also has dark moments...T/F?
False
True
11
At the end of Act 5, all is resolved with many marriages...who marries...identify all!
Sir Toby & Maria
Olivia & Sebastian
Viola & Orsino
Antonio & Olivia
12
Who doesn't wish to marry Olivia in Act 3?
Malvolio
Orsino
Sir Toby
Sir Andrew
13
What opens and closes the play?
An epilogue
Music
A chorus
the same character
14
At the end of Act 3, what does Viola hope is true?
Malvolio is mad
That Olivia will marry Orsino
her brother is still alive, as Cesario
The ship has been fixed
15
The shift between poetry and prose allows the play to deal with...
themes of crossing dressing
class divisions in Elizabethan society
high romance as well as slapstick.
trickery and confusion
16
Comedies like Twelfth Night tend to have a greater mixture of poetry and prose than tragedies
False
True
17
The accumulation of punning and metaphors creates humour and pace
Agree
Maybe
Disagree
18
Who said, "Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions and spirit"?
Malvolio
Viola
Olivia
Orsino
19
How many years has Olivia sworn to mourn her brother for?
7 years
2 years
6 years
9 years
20
What do Viola and Orsino argue about in Act 2?
Whether men are more capable than women
Whether men or women are more capable of the emotion love
Whether the sun revolves around the Earth
Whether Viola is a man or a woman
21
What is iambic pentameter?
5 stresses - 10 syllables
10 stresses-10 syllables
5 stresses - 5 syllables
10 stresses - 5 syllables
22
Sections of the play dominated by slapstick humour or sexual innuendo are written in...
paragraphs
poetry
punctuation
prose
23
In the opening of Act 1, who is Duke Orsino in love with?
Viola
Cesario
Olivia
Sebastian
24
Who vows to get revenge on Malvolio in Act 2?
Duke Orsino
Maria, Olivia's waiting woman
Feste, Olivia's fool
Sebastian
25
Noble characters and those speaking of elevated themes, like love or death, speak in...
heroic couplets
quatrains
rhyming verse
blank verse
26
Complete the quote: "If music be the food of _____, play on."
sleep
lunch
sex
food
27
Who is Olivia's steward?
Marvela
Malvolio
Malvella
Marvolio
28
How does Maria vow to get revenge?
Make him write nonsense poetry
Make him Lord of Misrule
Lock him up
Forge love letters from Olivia
29
How are the dark moments reinforced?
cross dressing
darkness
melancholic music
the use of the fool
30
What does Viola's disguise create?
dramatic irony
cruelty
cross dressing
mise en scene
31
Malvolio, flirts horribly and inappropriately with Olivia, behaving very strangely...
False
True
32
The songs have a theme of love...what type of love?
doomed love
fraternal love
passionate love
food being the music of love
33
Throughout tricks, confusion due to cross dressing and dramatic irony create...
confusion
anger
love
humour
