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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what can gold be derived?
(a) Base metal.
(b) Vegetables
(c) The bank.
(d) A glass of tequila.

2. About what does Constance wonder?
(a) Whether Desdemona's murder is inevitable.
(b) If she will finish her dissertation in time.
(c) Whether she would have killed herself like Juliet.
(d) Whether Gustav was right in his manuscript.

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

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

5. How many vignettes comprise The Dumbshow?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Constance do with the Gustav manuscript?

2. How does Constance drink her beer?

3. Who enters Contance's office?

4. What does the Chorus call the Gustav Manuscript?

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

(see the answer key)

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