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Othello content knowledge quiz

Question 1 of 25

1

What pattern is embroidered on the handkerchief?

Select one of the following:

  • Strawberries

  • Dots

  • Leaves

  • Daggers

Explanation

Question 2 of 25

1

How is the Turkish fleet thwarted?

Select one of the following:

  • Mutiny

  • In battle with Othello's fleet

  • By a storm

  • In battle with ships from Rhodes

Explanation

Question 3 of 25

1

What rank does Cassio hold before Othello strips it from him?

Select one of the following:

  • Corporal

  • Private

  • Leutenant

  • Colonel

Explanation

Question 4 of 25

1

Which of the following animal nicknames is not applied to Othello during the play?

Select one of the following:

  • Serpent

  • Horse

  • Ass

  • Ram

Explanation

Question 5 of 25

1

How old is Iago?

Select one of the following:

  • Nineteen

  • Twenty-eight

  • Thirty-five

  • Fifty

Explanation

Question 6 of 25

1

7. What is Brabanzio’s position in Venice?

Select one of the following:

  • Duke

  • Senator

  • Constable

  • Stable-hand

Explanation

Question 7 of 25

1

Where does Iago tell Roderigo that Othello and Desdemona are sailing to from Cyprus?

Select one of the following:

  • Morocco

  • America

  • Crete

  • Mauritania

Explanation

Question 8 of 25

1

Who made the handkerchief that Othello inherited from his mother?

Select one of the following:

  • Othello's mother

  • A sibyl, or female prophet

  • Barbary

  • Othello's former lover

Explanation

Question 9 of 25

1

What first attracted Desdemona to Othello?

Select one of the following:

  • His stories he told about the past

  • His handkerchief

  • His beautifully crafted armour

  • His strong hands

Explanation

Question 10 of 25

1

What rank does Iago begrudgingly hold?

Select one of the following:

  • Colonel

  • Sergeant

  • Captain

  • Ensign

Explanation

Question 11 of 25

1

What is "the beast with two backs"?

Select one of the following:

  • A mutant horse

  • Two people having sex

  • Othello

  • Conjoined twins

Explanation

Question 12 of 25

1

From whom did Desdemona first hear the “song of ‘Willow’”?

Select one of the following:

  • Othello

  • The clown

  • Emilia

  • Her mother's maid, Barbary

Explanation

Question 13 of 25

1

Whose death does Graziano report in the final scene?

Select one of the following:

  • The duke's

  • Lodovico’s

  • Brabanzio’s

  • Bianca’s

Explanation

Question 14 of 25

1

Which of the following is most commonly applied to Iago throughout the play?

Select one of the following:

  • Honest

  • Stubborn

  • Ugly

  • Fat

Explanation

Question 15 of 25

1

Which of Cassio’s weaknesses does Iago exploit?

Select one of the following:

  • His inability to ride a horse

  • A short attention span

  • A bad knee

  • A low tolerance for alcohol

Explanation

Question 16 of 25

1

Whom does Iago refer to as the true general?

Select one of the following:

  • Lodovico

  • Desdemona

  • The duke

  • Brabanzio

Explanation

Question 17 of 25

1

How does Othello kill Desdemona?

Select one of the following:

  • He smothers her

  • He strangles her

  • He beats her to death

  • He stabs her

Explanation

Question 18 of 25

1

What, according to Iago, is the “green-eyed monster”?

Select one of the following:

  • Envy

  • Greed

  • Jealousy

  • Sexual desire

Explanation

Question 19 of 25

1

Whom does Cassio wound in the drunken brawl of Act II, scene iii?

Select one of the following:

  • Roderigo

  • Montano

  • Iago

  • Graziano

Explanation

Question 20 of 25

1

With whom does Cassio dine the night he is stabbed?

Select one of the following:

  • Othello

  • Lodovico

  • Bianca

  • Desdemona

Explanation

Question 21 of 25

1

What is Othello holding as he stands over the sleeping Desdemona?

Select one of the following:

  • A light

  • A sword

  • A flower

  • A pillow

Explanation

Question 22 of 25

1

Who is the first character to refer to Othello by name?

Select one of the following:

  • Iago

  • The duke

  • Brabanzio

  • Desdemona

Explanation

Question 23 of 25

1

According to Lodovico’s letter, who is to replace Othello as governor of Cyprus?

Select one of the following:

  • Lodovico

  • Iago

  • Montano

  • Cassio

Explanation

Question 24 of 25

1

On the night of her death, what does Desdemona ask Emilia to do?

Select one of the following:

  • Put ribbons in Desdemona’s hair

  • Sing Desdemona to sleep

  • Embroider Desdemona a new handkerchief

  • Put Desdemona’s wedding sheets on the bed

Explanation

Question 25 of 25

1

What does Iago counsel Roderigo to do?

Select one of the following:

  • “Put seeds in thy garden”

  • “Put money in thy purse”

  • “Put thy head upon my shoulder”

  • “Put woman out of thy mind”

Explanation

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