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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. Who is climbing Constance's balcony?
(a) Iago.
(b) Tybalt.
(c) Romeo.
(d) Juliet.
2. What does Desdemona think about Romeo?
(a) That he is a woman.
(b) That he is brash.
(c) That he is an idiot.
(d) That he is handsome.
3. What does the person have that Constance see?
(a) A basket of scrolls.
(b) A bible.
(c) A silly hat.
(d) A sword and knife.
4. Of what does Romeo inform Desdemona?
(a) That men have to be bold to survive.
(b) That his good looks come from his mother's side.
(c) That he is well educated.
(d) That he is a man.
5. What does Constance claim to want?
(a) Romeo.
(b) Juliet's mind.
(c) The secret of the author.
(d) A way to go home.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the person call Constance?
2. What do Constance and Juliet do?
3. Why does Desdemona suggest that Romeo not go there?
4. What does Desdemona want Constance to do?
5. What is Constance singing to herself as she walks in the dark?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is it again intimated that Constance is playing the role of the Fool?
2. What do you think is the purpose of this very short scene?
3. What does Constance learn about the scrolls and then decide to do?
4. Who does Desdemona spot and what does she do?
5. The ideal of females, especially upper-class females during the time of the setting of Romeo and Juliet is that woman know nothing about sex and are virginal until marriage and then "endure" their husband's needs. Does Juliet seem to fit this description?
6. What is Juliet's response to learning of Constance's true gender?
7. What reason do Juliet and Desdemona give for being flat characters? Do you agree with the two women's assessment?
8. How does cross dressing become a theme in this sexually-loaded scene?
9. What is significant about several objects that appear in Constance's office in the "real" world and also in the fantasy world of Verona and Cyprus?
10. How is the ghost's appearance in the boneyard typical of Shakespearean tragedy?
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