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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. Where is Desdemona murdered?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In the shower.
(d) In her bedchamber.

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

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

4. What does the Chorus lay on Constance's desk?
(a) A gold ingot.
(b) The Gustav Manuscript.
(c) A piece of fool's gold.
(d) A book on editing.

5. About what does Constance wonder?
(a) Whether she would have killed herself like Juliet.
(b) If she will finish her dissertation in time.
(c) Whether Desdemona's murder is inevitable.
(d) Whether Gustav was right in his manuscript.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who repeats the prior rendition of the handkerchief scene?

2. By whom is Constance interrupted?

3. When she begins to speak in perfect blank verse, what does Constance wonder?

4. What does the Chorus do before exiting?

5. How are the vignettes displayed?

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