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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 delivers the monologue do before speaking?
(a) Puts out a cigar in the ashtray.
(b) Calls the SPCA.
(c) Lights a cigarette.
(d) Has a gin and tonic.

2. What does the Chorus call the Gustav Manuscript?
(a) Contance's Philosopher's Stone.
(b) A brilliant, though misguided, work.
(c) A farce.
(d) A piece of rubbish.

3. What can a fool do to a tragedy?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Make it even more tragic.
(c) Make it a mockery of real literature.
(d) Make it a banal comedy.

4. What does Constance do with the Gustav manuscript?
(a) Throws it in the trash.
(b) Puts it in the safe.
(c) Carries it with her.
(d) Burns it.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What three men act out a fight?

3. Who enters the stage as Constance is reading?

4. What does Constance do during the handkerchief scene?

5. How does Desdemona respond to learning of Constance's nickname?

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