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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the person who mourns do?
(a) Burns the dead person on a pyre.
(b) Goes after the murderer.
(c) Calls the police.
(d) Commits suicide.

2. How does Desdemona respond to learning of Constance's nickname?
(a) With agreement.
(b) With sympathy.
(c) With laughter.
(d) With outrage and urging Constance to learn to kill.

3. In the first vignette, who murders Desdemona?
(a) Othello.
(b) Gustav.
(c) Flaubert.
(d) Romeo.

4. What book does Constance open?
(a) The Complete Works of Shakespere.
(b) The Bible.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) A True History of Romeo and Juliet.

5. Who lies dead in the second vignette?
(a) Gustav.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Othello.
(d) Desdemona.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the person on the phone acting emotionally?

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

3. How many vignettes comprise The Dumbshow?

4. Why does Constance think Romeo and Othello are not tragic figures?

5. Which battle of OTHELLO continues offstage?

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