Twelfth Night Act 5 Quiz and Answer Key

Promote homework accountability and evaluate general reading comprehension with this quiz covering Act 5 of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By taking this assessment, students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• Feste’s delivery of a letter
• The use of figurative language and its purpose: “Why should I not, had I the heart to do it, / Like to the Egyptian thief, at point of death, / Kill what I love?”
• The context of Viola’s claim that she would die “a thousand deaths”
• Olivia’s rationalization of Cesario’s apparently inconsistent behavior
• Andrew and Toby’s injuries
• The context of Toby’s remarks: “An asshead and a coxcomb and a knave, a thin-faced knave, a gull!”
• Andrew’s frustration with Viola
• Olivia’s feelings toward Malvolio
• A lie told by Fabian
• Maria’s marriage
• The tone of the closing song