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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Chorus lay on Constance's desk?
(a) The Gustav Manuscript.
(b) A piece of fool's gold.
(c) A book on editing.
(d) A gold ingot.

2. How does Constance drink her beer?
(a) On tap.
(b) With peppermint snapps.
(c) Ice cold from a bottle.
(d) Warm from a can.

3. Who enters the stage as Constance is reading?
(a) Iago and Othello.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Gustav.
(d) No one.

4. What is the setting at the opening of this scene?
(a) An Elysium in Rome.
(b) A public place in London.
(c) A chuch in Rome.
(d) A public place in Verona.

5. What does Iago give Desdemona as proof?
(a) A photo of Constance and Othello together in bed.
(b) The written transcript of a conversation Iago has with Othello.
(c) A page from the Gustav manuscript.
(d) A handwritten confession by Constance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Romeo want to take with him?

2. What does Othello offer Constance?

3. What does the person who delivers the monologue do before speaking?

4. Where do Romeo and Juliet awaken?

5. Who repeats the prior rendition of the handkerchief scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the interaction between Constance and Professor Night and evaluate the interaction.

2. Describe the interaction between Desdemona and Constance after Othello has dragged Iago off the stage.

3. How does the opening scene of Act 3, Scene 2 demonstrates the change in Romeo and Juliet's relationship?

4. What happens in the first vignette of the Dumbshow and from where do you think this scene is derived?

5. What is the effect of Nurse's blank verse musings?

6. Why do you think Act 1 is titled "The Dumbshow"?

7. Is Constance successful in changing OTHELLO from a tragedy and what might this mean for the Gustav Manuscript?

8. What happens in the scene with the pet turtle and how is this symbolic of Romeo and Juliet's relationship?

9. What is happening as Constance arrives in Verona and what does she do about it?

10. What happens as Constance is reading OTHELLO from her complete works of Shakespeare?

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