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WorksheetsOthello Acts 3 & 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
What does the Green-Eyed Monster symbolize?
Greed
Anger
Jealousy
Friendship
Why did Emilia give Iago the handkerchief?
She wanted to re-sell it
She thought it was pretty
She didn't know who it belonged to.
She wants to make her husband happy
What does Othello mean when he says “He that is robbed, not wanting what is stol’n / Let him not know ‘t, and he is not robbed at all” (3.3.394-5)?
What you don't know, can't hurt you.
It's always better to know the truth
Othello robbed a bank
Iago owes Othello money
True or false?
Throughout Act 3, what is the effect of Iago telling Othello not to think too much about the possibility that Desdemona and Cassio are having an affair?
it calms Othello so that he is relieved of worry
it causes Othello to actually think about it even more
it convinces Othello to directly speak to Desdemona about his feelings
it makes Othello believe that Iago is entirely deceptive
How does Shakespeare use Othello’s language to communicate his psychological decline?
Othello refuses to speak to anyone but Iago
Othello makes increasingly misogynistic, aggressive comments and is less eloquent
Othello begins speaking in riddles that no one can comprehend
Othello forgets his thoughts mid-sentence and stutters
Why does Othello tell Desdemona to cherish the handkerchief?
it is worth a lot of money because of how it was made
it has magical properties for curing broken hearts
it was given to him by his mother
it was given to him by his father
How does Iago “create” a conversation with Cassio that convinces Othello that Desdemona is cheating on him?
Iago asks Cassio about Bianca, but Othello can’t hear anything
Iago asks Cassio about Bianca, but Othello thinks Cassio speaks of Desdemona
Iago asks Cassio about Desdemona, but Othello can’t hear anything
Iago asks Cassio about Desdemona, but Othello thinks Cassio speaks of Bianca
How does Cassio obtain Desdemona’s handkerchief?
Iago planted it in his room after Emilia gave it to him
he found it on the ground and kept it
Emilia planted it on Cassio because Iago asked her to
Emilia gave it to him by mistake
In Act IV, scene 1, what prompts Lodovico to make the following comment? “Is this the noble Moor whom our full Senate Call all in all sufficient? Is this the nature Whom passion could not shake?”
Othello abusing Desdemona
Othello insulting Desdemona
Othello insulting him (Lodovico)
Othello becoming angry at Cassio’s promotion to governor
Why does Othello dismiss Emilia’s testimony in which she swears that she never saw Cassio and Desdemona together, and that Desdemona is faithful and honest?
he believes Emilia and Cassio are conspiring against him
he figured out that she was the one who took the handkerchief in the first place
he dismisses her as a liar because he has come to distrust all women
he knows Emilia is lying to keep him happy because she secretly loves Desdemona
In Act 4, scene 2, what is significant about the following quote from Emilia? “I will be hanged if some eternal villain, Some busy and insinuating rogue, Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office, Have not devised this slander. I will be hanged else.”
Emilia is unknowingly speaking about Iago
Emilia is unknowingly helping Iago
Iago manipulates her into defending him
Iago manipulates her into seeking vengeance for Desdemona
Who arrived to call Othello back to Venice?
Brabantio
Lodovico
Montano
The Duke
A play on words created by two words with the same pronunciation/spelling but different meanings is called a(n):
foil
metaphor
dramatic irony
pun
Dramatic irony is when:
something happens that is the opposite of what you would expect to happen
something funny happens after something sad
the audience/reader knows something that the character does not
a character is alone on stage and expresses his/her thoughts out loud
