Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Trivia Game | Shakespeare

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1. According to Viola, whose words with such a passion fly that he believes himself?

Answer: Antonio

This is after Antonio calls her Sebastian. She has just been in a duel with Andrew Aguecheek, and he comes to rescue her, thinking she's Sebastian, whom he's sort of babysitting. He also loaned Sebastian a lot of money, and now he asks Viola for it back, only Viola doesn't have it because she's not Sebastian!

2. According to Viola and Orsino, what two things die as they 'to perfection grow'?

Answer: women and roses

Viola and Orsino have been having a man-to-man talk (or so Orsino thinks) about Olivia, whom Orsino is in love with. Viola has the cheek to suggest that perhaps women have the capability to love as well (remember, she's in love with Orsino), and is rewarded with a long dissertation about how women are totally incapable of love. Most uncharacteristically, she agrees.

3. Name the character who says this: 'Blame not this haste of mine. If you mean well, now go with me and with this holy man to the chantry {by;} there, before him, and under that consecrated roof, plight me the full assurance of your faith.'

Answer: Olivia

Olivia has been in love with Viola-as-Cesario for quite some time now. So when she sees Sebastian, naturally she thinks Sebastian is Viola. Fortunately for Olivia, Sebastian falls in love with her at first sight, and at second sight, Olivia asks him to marry her in the speech above.

4. According to Feste , what is wrong with Dick Surgeon?

Answer: He's drunk

Dick Surgeon is the doctor for Olivia. He has been drunk for an hour according to Feste, when Belch and Aguecheek come in with wounds from having tangled with Sebastian.

5. What does 'cucullus non facit monachum' mean, according to Feste?

Answer: I wear not motley in my brain

Feste is having a very spirited wordplay with Olivia in this {scene;} they're trying to outpun each other.

6. What is one of the three words Viola uses that Andrew Aguecheek writes down?

Answer: Pregnant

Andrew's trying to copy Viola because he knows Olivia's in love with Viola-as-Cesario, and he wants to marry Olivia. For some strange reason he thinks using fancier language will win Olivia's heart (which it won't).

7. Whose face does Duke Orsino remember well?

Answer: Antonio

Antonio has been in trouble in Illyria before. He was a 'salt-water pirate', meaning he was a pirate and got in trouble with Orsino. It was pretty stupid of him to go to Illyria, where he was wanted, but apparently he really cared about Sebastian.

8. How does Maria sign the letter to Malvolio that is supposedly from Olivia?

Answer: The Fortunate-Unhappy

Maria, who is in extremely strange circumstances in love with Toby Belch, has decided to trick Malvolio, who is cordially despised by Belch's set, into thinking Olivia is in love with him. She writes a letter to him in handwriting that looks a lot like Olivia's, and tricks him most royally. Olivia thinks he's crazy and has him confined to a dark-house. Toby marries Maria.

9. What does Sebastian call Feste?

Answer: Foolish Greek

Viola paid Feste for his music earlier in the play, and now Feste is following her twin around, hoping for more. Sebastian gets irritated and starts calling him names.

10. How old was Viola when her father died?

Answer: Thirteen

This is something Viola asks Sebastian, to see if he is who he says he is. There is a dumbstruck crowd behind them consisting of Olivia and her household, who has just married Sebastian, and Orsino and his retinue, since Orsino has finally decided to ask Olivia to marry him in person.

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Shakespeare's Twelfth Night Trivia Quiz

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