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

2. 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.

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

4. What kind of cheese does Constance eat?
(a) Edam.
(b) Monterey Jack.
(c) Cheddar.
(d) Velveeta.

5. What will heal Constance's mind?
(a) A good educatioin.
(b) The counseling sessions she is having.
(c) The action of the Gustav manuscript.
(d) Brain surgery.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. About what does Constance wonder?

4. Who enters the stage as Constance is reading?

5. Who delivers a monologue?

(see the answer key)

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