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Othello Practice Quiz (Acts One-Three)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which character picks up the handkerchief after Desdemona drops it?

a)

Emilia

b)

Bianca

c)

Iago

d)

Roderigo

2.

Which character has the handkerchief by the end of Act Three?

a)

Othello

b)

Iago

c)

Cassio

d)

Bianca

3.

Which character says he will kill Cassio?

a)

Othello

b)

Iago

c)

Roderigo

d)

Emilia

4.

Which character is in disguise while in Cyprus?

a)

Iago

b)

Cassio

c)

Montano

d)

Roderigo

5.

Which character provokes a fight with Cassio?

a)

Roderigo

b)

Montano

c)

Iago

d)

Some random Venetian

6.

Which literary device can best be defined as "a figure of speech where a speaker addresses a person not present, deceased, or inanimate"?

a)

Apostrophe

b)

Allusion

c)

Antithesis

d)

Pun

7.

In III.iii, Iago tells Othello all of the following except:

a)

He saw Cassio wipe his beard with the handkerchief

b)

Cassio cried out Desdemona's name in his sleep

c)

It's strange that Cassio looked so guilty when walking away from Desdemona

d)

Cassio admitted to Iago that he is in love with Desdemona, but doesn't know what to do

8.

An early sign that Othello is beginning to believe what Iago is telling him is when:

a)

He questions why Desdemona and Cassio are talking

b)

He admits he can't get Brabantio's "advice" out of his mind

c)

He pushes Desdemona's hand aside when she tries to tie his head with the handkerchief

d)

He gives Emilia an attitude

9.

Cassio is fired from his position as second in command

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Iago tells Othello not to kill Desdemona

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The beginning of III.iv (with the clowns) allows for the use of

a)

sonnets

b)

soliloquies

c)

puns

d)

plot development

12.

Which character says, "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see/She has deceived her father, and may thee"

a)

Roderigo

b)

Brabantio

c)

The Duke

d)

Montano

13.

Which character questions Othello's decision to promote Cassio as second in command after seeing Cassio's drunken behavior?

a)

Montano

b)

Iago

c)

Roderigo

d)

Random Venetian

14.

Iago says he will use Desdemona's flirtatious behavior to further enrage Othello

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Iago says he will use Cassio's flirtatious behavior to further enrage Othello

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Iago has proof that Othello and Emilia were involved

a)

True

b)

False

17.

When Othello demands to have "ocular proof" that Cassio and Desdemona are involved, what proof does Iago offer?

a)

He saw them with his own eyes

b)

Roderigo wrote about in a letter

c)

The handkerchief

d)

He has none-it's just a hunch

18.

Why is the handkerchief so important to Othello?

a)

He gave it to Desdemona

b)

It is a family heirloom

c)

He likes the strawberry design

d)

He can't afford to give anything to Desdemona and he was planning to sell it

19.

When Emilia gives the handkerchief to Iago, what does he say he will do with it?

a)

Leave it in Cassio's house

b)

Keep it

c)

Throw it away

d)

Act like he is the one who found it so Othello likes him even more

20.

Emilia knows that Iago is going to use the handkerchief for malicious reasons

a)

True

b)

False