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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Constance writes, what does she do simultaneously?
(a) Chews gum.
(b) Listens to music with her headset.
(c) Reads aloud.
(d) Exercises her biceps.

2. How is the person on the phone acting emotionally?
(a) Despondent.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Excited.
(d) Upset.

3. From what can gold be derived?
(a) The bank.
(b) Vegetables
(c) Base metal.
(d) A glass of tequila.

4. Who enters the stage as Constance is reading?
(a) Gustav.
(b) Romeo.
(c) No one.
(d) Iago and Othello.

5. What is lacking in the plays OTHELLO and ROMEO AND JULIET?
(a) A protagonist.
(b) A motive.
(c) A fool.
(d) A chorus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Constance do during the handkerchief scene?

2. How is Desdemona murdered?

3. What does Romeo tell Juliet he is going to do?

4. What causes gold to be derived?

5. What is Desdemona's nickname for Constance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think Act 1 is titled "The Dumbshow"?

2. What happens in the second vignette of the Dumbshow and from where do you think this scene is derived?

3. What is happening as Constance arrives in Verona and what does she do about it?

4. After Constance is interrupted a second time, she starts to read Romeo and Juliet; what happens as she reads?

5. How does the opening scene of Act 3, Scene 2 demonstrates the change in Romeo and Juliet's relationship?

6. What happens as Constance is reading OTHELLO from her complete works of Shakespeare?

7. Is Constance successful in changing OTHELLO from a tragedy and what might this mean for the Gustav Manuscript?

8. How does Othello reward Constance and how does his reward symbolically represent Constance's real life?

9. What happens when Iago and Othella reenact their fight scene?

10. What is the function of The Chorus?

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