Othello Act V Critical Perspective

How is the setting of Cyprus in Act 5 a foil to the setting of Cyprus in Act 2?

• Cyprus in Act 2 was beautiful and scenic while Cyprus in Act 5 is polluted and toxic.

• Cyprus in Act 2 was chaotic and disorderly while Cyprus in Act 5 is harmonious and peaceful.

• Cyprus in Act 2 was harmonious and peaceful while Cyprus in Act 5 is chaotic and disorderly.

• Cyprus in Act 2 was polluted and toxic while Cyprus in Act 5 is beautiful and scenic.

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When Othello and Roderigo finally gain knowledge, what does it cost them?

• their lives

• their manhood

• their past

• their wealth

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Does Roderigo undergo sufficient change over the course of the play?

• Yes - he realises Desdemona will never love and be with him.

• Yes - he recognises Iago’s evil and refuses to participate.

• No - he remains Cassio and Othello’s ally until the end

• No - he remains Iago’s duped follower up until his death.

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Why is Emilia’s reaction to Bianca ironic when Emilia thinks that she is superior to Bianca?

• Emilia is better than Bianca because she is ethical, moral, and wholesome throughout the play

• Emilia is better than Bianca, who is a lower-class woman while Emilia is a middle-class woman.

• Emilia isn’t any better than Bianca, who is wholly innocent while Emilia is an accomplice.

• Emilia isn’t any better than Bianca because she is worse and morally bankrupt throughout the play.

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Why is the final setting of Othello and Desdemona’s bedroom an appropriate one?

• It is enclosed and confined like Othello's mindset.

• It is exposed like Othello’s thinking.

• It is luxurious like Othello’s thinking.

• It is illuminated like Othello’s attitude.

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How is Othello at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 a foil to Othello at the end of Act 5, Scene 2?

• Othello is arrogant at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and humble at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

• Othello is brave at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and cowardly at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

• Othello is evil at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and forgiven at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

• Othello is unrepentant at the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2 and remorseful at the end of Act 5, Scene 2.

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What is the subtext of Othello saying that he loved Desdemona “too well”?

• He let his emotions consume him.

• He loved her better than her father did.

• He should have loved her less.

• He shouldn’t have loved her at all.

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It is ironic that Iago implied that Othello is an animal for all of the following reasons except which?

• Othello does ultimately behave unreasonably but only because of Iago’s corruption.

• Othello isn’t the animal; Iago is the animal who has no empathy for anyone.

• Othello proves Iago correct and suggests that the noblest person in society can become an animal.

• Othello proves that humans are more advanced than animals because we use logic, not emotion.

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It is ironic that Iago underestimates his wife Emilia for all of the following reasons except which?

• Iago plans for a husband to destroy his wife and himself and Emilia destroys her husband and herself.

• Iago does not ever think that his plan’s undoing would be by his wife, the most unlikely character.

• Iago expects he has control over his wife because of the values in Shakespeare’s era, but he doesn’t.

• Iago’s wife is more loyal to him, her husband, than she is to Desdemona.

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Iago vows to remain silent for all of the following reasons except which?

• Iago doesn’t speak because he can’t really say anything to justify his actions or reasons.

• Iago doesn’t speak because he has no remorse for what he has done.

• . Iago doesn’t speak because he implies that some people are evil without reason

• Iago knows he can never apologise enough.

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