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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. Who repeats the prior rendition of the handkerchief scene?
(a) Constance and Iago.
(b) Iago and Othello.
(c) Othello and Desdemona.
(d) Romeo and Iago.

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

3. Who delivers a monologue?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Desdemona.
(c) Juliet.
(d) Constance.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who lies dead in the second vignette?

2. How is Desdemona murdered?

3. What does the Chorus call the Gustav Manuscript?

4. About what does Constance wonder?

5. How is the person on the phone acting emotionally?

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