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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon whom does Constance wish ill?
(a) Desdemona.
(b) Iago.
(c) Professor Night.
(d) Othello.

2. What does Desdemona urge Constance to do?
(a) To interrupt every tragedy she sees being staged.
(b) To study violence and become a warrior.
(c) To marry Iago.
(d) To stalk the mean Professor.

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

4. What does Othello offer Constance?
(a) His brother in marriage.
(b) A job.
(c) A diamond necklace.
(d) Irrefutable evidence that Professor Night is bad.

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

6. What saddens Juliet?
(a) The death of the dove.
(b) Romeo's philandering.
(c) The death of the turtle.
(d) The tedium of being wed.

7. For what does Juliet yearn?
(a) Constance.
(b) Romeo's brother.
(c) Her virginal days of being caught between desire and fulfillment.
(d) The many suitors who wooed her before her marriage to Romeo.

8. How does Constance respond to Romeo's request?
(a) She faints.
(b) She accepts.
(c) She declines.
(d) She asks for some time to think it over.

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

10. In what does Constance intervene?
(a) An argument between Romeo and Juliet.
(b) An argument developing between Tybalt and Mercutio.
(c) In Juliet killing herself.
(d) In Romeo killing himself.

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

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

13. What does Romeo want to take with him?
(a) His sword.
(b) Juliet.
(c) His pet turtle.
(d) His books.

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

15. What is Constance called at the university?
(a) The mouse.
(b) The heroine.
(c) The intellect.
(d) The dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what can gold be derived?

2. What does the Chorus imply about Constance's mind?

3. What can a fool do to a tragedy?

4. What does Romeo do?

5. What does Constance do with the Gustav manuscript?

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