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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 Othello realize?
(a) That he's been duped.
(b) That Othello must kill Constance.
(c) That Iago is right.
(d) That Constance is better looking than Desdemona.

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

3. What does the Chorus imply about Constance's mind?
(a) That it is divided.
(b) That it is brilliant.
(c) That it is crazy.
(d) That it has disappeared.

4. Which battle of OTHELLO continues offstage?
(a) Act 3, Scene 1.
(b) Act 1, Scene 3.
(c) Act 1, Scene 2.
(d) Act 3, Scene 3.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Desdemona urge Constance to do?

2. What does the Chorus call the Gustav Manuscript?

3. Who mourns a death in the second vignette?

4. Who enters Contance's office?

5. By whom is Constance interrupted?

(see the answer key)

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