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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cassio most worried about after his punishment?
(a) The loss of his reputation.
(b) The drop in pay.
(c) The expensive clothes that were ruined in the brawl.
(d) Desdemona's opinion of him.

2. Who asks Iago to deliver something?
(a) Othello.
(b) Cassio.
(c) Montano.
(d) The Duke.

3. What did Cassio do for Othello while Othello and Desdemona were still courting?
(a) Stand guard while they secretly visited.
(b) Drive Desdemona to Othello's house so they could visit.
(c) Deliver messages of love back and forth between the two.
(d) Keet their relationship a secret from the public.

4. When Othello is questioned at the inn, what reason does he give for marrying Desdemona?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He has had a vision about her.
(c) She is very beautiful.
(d) She has a lot of money.

5. What is announced in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) An invasion.
(b) A mass feast.
(c) A wedding.
(d) A trial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cassio's opinion of Iago at the beginning of Act 3?

2. How did Desdemona first meet Othello?

3. Who does Othello compare Cassio to when he sees Cassio fighting?

4. Why is Iago trying to destroy Othello's marriage?

5. What does Iago think of a woman's opinion?

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