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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which battle of OTHELLO continues offstage?
(a) Act 1, Scene 2.
(b) Act 1, Scene 3.
(c) Act 3, Scene 1.
(d) Act 3, Scene 3.

2. Why does Constance think Romeo and Othello are not tragic figures?
(a) Because they are both from France.
(b) Because they are wealthy.
(c) Because they are men.
(d) Because their plight could have been avoided.

3. Who delivers a monologue?
(a) Constance.
(b) The Chorus.
(c) Desdemona.
(d) Juliet.

4. When Desdemona and Constance talk, what happens?
(a) Desdemona realizes that Iago was lying.
(b) Desdemona cries while Constance holds her.
(c) Constance stabs Desdemona with a sword.
(d) Desdemona leaves in a rage.

5. What happens when Constance reads the page from the manuscript?
(a) She rips it into shreds.
(b) She disappears.
(c) She faints.
(d) She cries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is lacking in the plays OTHELLO and ROMEO AND JULIET?

2. Who lies dead in the second vignette?

3. Where is the person lying dead in the second vignette?

4. Out of what can a unified soul be constructed?

5. What does Desdemona do when she hears the fray developing offstage?

(see the answer key)

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