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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who mourns a death in the second vignette?
(a) Othello.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Romeo.
(d) Desdemona.

4. Of what does Desdemona say Constance is an archetype?
(a) Of the angel Gabriel.
(b) Of an oracular woman.
(c) Of beauty.
(d) Of hope.

5. What three men act out a fight?
(a) The Professor, Othello and Tybalt.
(b) Tybalt, Mercutio, and Romeo.
(c) Tybalt, Gustav, and Othello.
(d) Gustav, Othello and Romeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Constance reads the page from the manuscript?

2. In the third vignette, who is on the phone in an office?

3. What does the Chorus imply about Constance's mind?

4. From what can gold be derived?

5. What does Constance do during the handkerchief scene?

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