What is a tragic hero?10 points | A tragic hero is a literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his/her own destruction. |
What does Cassio do with the handkerchief?10 points | He leaves it with Bianca. |
Where does the first act of Othello takes place and why Shakespeare may have chosen it as a location?40 points | Venice: it is a populous location where many different cultures intersected (think New York). |
Who agrees to kill Cassio? 10 points | Iago |
Who is wrongly accused of being unfaithful?10 points | Desdemona |
Who steal the handkerchief for her husband10 points | Emilia |
How does Iago trick Cassio into confirming the fictional affair with Desdemona?30 points | he makes statements about Bianca seem like they’re about Desdemona |
What is Cassio accused of doing?20 points | Sleeping with Desdemona |
What became of the Turkish fleet that was sailing to attack Cyprus20 points | It sank in the storm. |
What is the setting of most of the play “Othello”10 points | Cyprus |
Roderigo is jealous of Othello because…15 points | Othello married Desdemona. |
Who is upset with his daughter in the first scenes of the play?15 points | Brabantio |
What may be the reason Brabantio is fine with Othello telling him his war stories but not marrying his daughter?50 points | Racial prejudice: he is fine with Othello serving him in the army (Brabantio is a senator) but not being part of the family through marriage to Desdemona. |
Who is upset at how Othello treats his wife, after seeing Othello slap Desdemona?35 points | Lodovico |
Who is unjustly fired from his job?15 points | Cassio |
Who sends Othello to Cyprus?20 points | Duke Of Venice |
Who is in love with Cassio? 15 points | Bianca |
Iago points out to Othello how quickly Cassio leaves Desdemona’s side in order to suggest what?40 points | make Othello suspicious of Cassio |
Desdemona loses the handkerchief when …20 points | B) Emilia takes it from Desdemona’s dressing table |
What Elizabethan stereotype about women does Iago put forward in this line from Act I, scene iii? (Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see:She has deceived her father, and may thee)50 points | “Unruly” daughters will make unruly and promiscuous wives |
How does Othello kill Desdemona?15 points | He smothers/ chokes her. |
How does Cassio get wounded?10 points | He is stabbed in the leg. |
Emilia gives the handkerchief to Iago because…(15 points) | Iago asked her to obtain it. |
What health problem/condition does Othello have? How does this contribute to the plot30 points | Epilepsy. It allows Othello to remain in the scene unconscious when Cassio appears and talks to Iago. |
How did Desdemona fall in love with Othello? 20 points | He’s a great storyteller and he told her stories about his travels |
Othello tells Desdemona that the handkerchief was originally…20 points | Given to his mother by an Egyptian gypsy |
The handerchief, as a symbol, changes from a symbol of _____________ to a symbol of _____________50 points | From a symbol of love to a symbol of unfaithfulness |
How does Othello find out that Desdemona was innocent?20 points | Emilia told him that she took the handkerchief. |
What did Othello do when he found out the truth?10 points | He kills himself. |
Why did Othello take Iago’s word about so many things?10 points | Various reasons (must be supported from the text). |
Cassio is stripped of his military position after he…15 points | Gets drunk and stabs Montano. |
Why did Iago’s evil plan begin? 10 points | Cassio was not promoted to lieutenant. |
How does Iago kill Cassio?50 points. | He didn’t kill him! |
Othello plot questions
August 17, 2019