Question 1
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What pattern is embroidered on the handkerchief?
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Strawberries
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Dots
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Leaves
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Daggers
Question 2
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How is the Turkish fleet thwarted?
Question 3
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What rank does Cassio hold before Othello strips it from him?
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Corporal
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Private
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Leutenant
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Colonel
Question 4
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Which of the following animal nicknames is not applied to Othello during the play?
Question 5
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How old is Iago?
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Nineteen
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Twenty-eight
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Thirty-five
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Fifty
Question 6
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7. What is Brabanzio’s position in Venice?
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Duke
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Senator
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Constable
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Stable-hand
Question 7
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Where does Iago tell Roderigo that Othello and Desdemona are sailing to from Cyprus?
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Morocco
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America
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Crete
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Mauritania
Question 8
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Who made the handkerchief that Othello inherited from his mother?
Question 9
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What first attracted Desdemona to Othello?
Question 10
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What rank does Iago begrudgingly hold?
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Colonel
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Sergeant
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Captain
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Ensign
Question 11
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What is "the beast with two backs"?
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A mutant horse
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Two people having sex
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Othello
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Conjoined twins
Question 12
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From whom did Desdemona first hear the “song of ‘Willow’”?
Question 13
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Whose death does Graziano report in the final scene?
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The duke's
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Lodovico’s
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Brabanzio’s
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Bianca’s
Question 14
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Which of the following is most commonly applied to Iago throughout the play?
Question 15
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Which of Cassio’s weaknesses does Iago exploit?
Question 16
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Whom does Iago refer to as the true general?
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Lodovico
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Desdemona
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The duke
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Brabanzio
Question 17
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How does Othello kill Desdemona?
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He smothers her
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He strangles her
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He beats her to death
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He stabs her
Question 18
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What, according to Iago, is the “green-eyed monster”?
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Envy
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Greed
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Jealousy
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Sexual desire
Question 19
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Whom does Cassio wound in the drunken brawl of Act II, scene iii?
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Roderigo
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Montano
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Iago
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Graziano
Question 20
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With whom does Cassio dine the night he is stabbed?
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Othello
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Lodovico
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Bianca
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Desdemona
Question 21
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What is Othello holding as he stands over the sleeping Desdemona?
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A light
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A sword
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A flower
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A pillow
Question 22
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Who is the first character to refer to Othello by name?
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Iago
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The duke
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Brabanzio
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Desdemona
Question 23
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According to Lodovico’s letter, who is to replace Othello as governor of Cyprus?
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Lodovico
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Iago
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Montano
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Cassio
Question 24
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On the night of her death, what does Desdemona ask Emilia to do?
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Put ribbons in Desdemona’s hair
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Sing Desdemona to sleep
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Embroider Desdemona a new handkerchief
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Put Desdemona’s wedding sheets on the bed
Question 25
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What does Iago counsel Roderigo to do?
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“Put seeds in thy garden”
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“Put money in thy purse”
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“Put thy head upon my shoulder”
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“Put woman out of thy mind”