What pattern is embroidered on the handkerchief?
Strawberries
Dots
Leaves
Daggers
How is the Turkish fleet thwarted?
Mutiny
In battle with Othello's fleet
By a storm
In battle with ships from Rhodes
What rank does Cassio hold before Othello strips it from him?
Corporal
Private
Leutenant
Colonel
Which of the following animal nicknames is not applied to Othello during the play?
Serpent
Horse
Ass
Ram
How old is Iago?
Nineteen
Twenty-eight
Thirty-five
Fifty
7. What is Brabanzio’s position in Venice?
Duke
Senator
Constable
Stable-hand
Where does Iago tell Roderigo that Othello and Desdemona are sailing to from Cyprus?
Morocco
America
Crete
Mauritania
Who made the handkerchief that Othello inherited from his mother?
Othello's mother
A sibyl, or female prophet
Barbary
Othello's former lover
What first attracted Desdemona to Othello?
His stories he told about the past
His handkerchief
His beautifully crafted armour
His strong hands
What rank does Iago begrudgingly hold?
Sergeant
Captain
Ensign
What is "the beast with two backs"?
A mutant horse
Two people having sex
Othello
Conjoined twins
From whom did Desdemona first hear the “song of ‘Willow’”?
The clown
Emilia
Her mother's maid, Barbary
Whose death does Graziano report in the final scene?
The duke's
Lodovico’s
Brabanzio’s
Bianca’s
Which of the following is most commonly applied to Iago throughout the play?
Honest
Stubborn
Ugly
Fat
Which of Cassio’s weaknesses does Iago exploit?
His inability to ride a horse
A short attention span
A bad knee
A low tolerance for alcohol
Whom does Iago refer to as the true general?
Lodovico
Desdemona
The duke
Brabanzio
How does Othello kill Desdemona?
He smothers her
He strangles her
He beats her to death
He stabs her
What, according to Iago, is the “green-eyed monster”?
Envy
Greed
Jealousy
Sexual desire
Whom does Cassio wound in the drunken brawl of Act II, scene iii?
Roderigo
Montano
Iago
Graziano
With whom does Cassio dine the night he is stabbed?
Bianca
What is Othello holding as he stands over the sleeping Desdemona?
A light
A sword
A flower
A pillow
Who is the first character to refer to Othello by name?
According to Lodovico’s letter, who is to replace Othello as governor of Cyprus?
Cassio
On the night of her death, what does Desdemona ask Emilia to do?
Put ribbons in Desdemona’s hair
Sing Desdemona to sleep
Embroider Desdemona a new handkerchief
Put Desdemona’s wedding sheets on the bed
What does Iago counsel Roderigo to do?
“Put seeds in thy garden”
“Put money in thy purse”
“Put thy head upon my shoulder”
“Put woman out of thy mind”
