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WorksheetsOthello Practice Quiz (Acts One-Three)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which character picks up the handkerchief after Desdemona drops it?
Emilia
Bianca
Iago
Roderigo
Which character has the handkerchief by the end of Act Three?
Othello
Iago
Cassio
Bianca
Which character says he will kill Cassio?
Othello
Iago
Roderigo
Emilia
Which character is in disguise while in Cyprus?
Iago
Cassio
Montano
Roderigo
Which character provokes a fight with Cassio?
Roderigo
Montano
Iago
Some random Venetian
Which literary device can best be defined as "a figure of speech where a speaker addresses a person not present, deceased, or inanimate"?
Apostrophe
Allusion
Antithesis
Pun
In III.iii, Iago tells Othello all of the following except:
He saw Cassio wipe his beard with the handkerchief
Cassio cried out Desdemona's name in his sleep
It's strange that Cassio looked so guilty when walking away from Desdemona
Cassio admitted to Iago that he is in love with Desdemona, but doesn't know what to do
An early sign that Othello is beginning to believe what Iago is telling him is when:
He questions why Desdemona and Cassio are talking
He admits he can't get Brabantio's "advice" out of his mind
He pushes Desdemona's hand aside when she tries to tie his head with the handkerchief
He gives Emilia an attitude
Cassio is fired from his position as second in command
True
False
Iago tells Othello not to kill Desdemona
True
False
The beginning of III.iv (with the clowns) allows for the use of
sonnets
soliloquies
puns
plot development
Which character says, "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see/She has deceived her father, and may thee"
Roderigo
Brabantio
The Duke
Montano
Which character questions Othello's decision to promote Cassio as second in command after seeing Cassio's drunken behavior?
Montano
Iago
Roderigo
Random Venetian
Iago says he will use Desdemona's flirtatious behavior to further enrage Othello
True
False
Iago says he will use Cassio's flirtatious behavior to further enrage Othello
True
False
Iago has proof that Othello and Emilia were involved
True
False
When Othello demands to have "ocular proof" that Cassio and Desdemona are involved, what proof does Iago offer?
He saw them with his own eyes
Roderigo wrote about in a letter
The handkerchief
He has none-it's just a hunch
Why is the handkerchief so important to Othello?
He gave it to Desdemona
It is a family heirloom
He likes the strawberry design
He can't afford to give anything to Desdemona and he was planning to sell it
When Emilia gives the handkerchief to Iago, what does he say he will do with it?
Leave it in Cassio's house
Keep it
Throw it away
Act like he is the one who found it so Othello likes him even more
Emilia knows that Iago is going to use the handkerchief for malicious reasons
True
False
