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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What has fled entirely?
(a) Their band of loyal friends.
(b) Their servants.
(c) The city of Verona to avoid the plague.
(d) Their passion.

3. What does Desdemona do when she hears the fray developing offstage?
(a) Runs away from the noise.
(b) Runs towards the noise.
(c) Faints.
(d) Screams.

4. What does Iago give Desdemona as proof?
(a) A photo of Constance and Othello together in bed.
(b) A page from the Gustav manuscript.
(c) The written transcript of a conversation Iago has with Othello.
(d) A handwritten confession by Constance.

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

6. What does Othello make Iago do?
(a) Confess his sins to a priest.
(b) Slop out the privy.
(c) Apologize to Desdemona.
(d) Kill himself.

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

8. Who lies dead in the second vignette?
(a) Gustav.
(b) Desdemona.
(c) Romeo.
(d) Othello.

9. What does Juliet do when Nurse reminds her of the next day?
(a) She tells Nurse to be quiet.
(b) She bursts into tears.
(c) She starts chattering excitedly.
(d) She says she is going to go to sleep for twenty years.

10. Who is engaged in a mock swordfight?
(a) Desdemona and Constance.
(b) Iago and Othello.
(c) Iago and Desdemona.
(d) Romeo and Iago.

11. Who does Desdemona ask to follow her?
(a) Gustav.
(b) Constance.
(c) Othello.
(d) Iago.

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

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

14. When Desdemona and Constance talk, what happens?
(a) Constance stabs Desdemona with a sword.
(b) Desdemona realizes that Iago was lying.
(c) Desdemona cries while Constance holds her.
(d) Desdemona leaves in a rage.

15. By whom is Constance interrupted?
(a) A student.
(b) Her major professor.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Gustav.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Constance doing in her office?

2. Where is Desdemona murdered?

3. What saddens Juliet?

4. Who does Constance resent playing?

5. In what country is Verona?

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