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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Desdemona do with the page from the Gustav Manuscript?
(a) Burns it.
(b) Shows it to Othello.
(c) Impales it on her sword and thrust it in Constance's face.
(d) Reads it again.

2. What book does Constance open?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) A True History of Romeo and Juliet.
(c) The Complete Works of Shakespere.
(d) The Bible.

3. How are the vignettes displayed?
(a) On a slideshow.
(b) Without speech.
(c) In a peepshow.
(d) On a pinup board.

4. In the third vignette, who is on the phone in an office?
(a) No one.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Gustav.
(d) Constance.

5. At what does Iago say Constance is a master?
(a) Chess.
(b) Swords.
(c) Cards.
(d) Billiards.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many vignettes comprise The Dumbshow?

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

3. In what does Constance intervene?

4. What does Desdemona urge Constance to do?

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

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