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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 does Iago swear to do to Othello and Desdemona's 'fine tuned' love?
(a) Put it to rest.
(b) Fill their lives with dischord.
(c) Make them both sing solos.
(d) Increase the harmony.

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

3. Who does Iago reveal his entire plan to after everyone else leaves the Duke's court in Cyprus?
(a) Roderigo.
(b) Cassio.
(c) The audience.
(d) The Duke.

4. What does Cassio call himself after he has been punished for his brawl in the street of Cyprus?
(a) A fool.
(b) A beast.
(c) A beggar.
(d) No more than a man.

5. Who does Cassio fight with on his first night in Cyprus?
(a) Miltano.
(b) Iago.
(c) Roderigo.
(d) Montano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Cassio and Iago discuss while they are on watch together their first night in Cyprus?

2. What does Roderigo feel Iago has wasted by not fulfilling his promise?

3. What does Othello do after reading his letter from the Duke that Lodovico brings?

4. Why is Cassio so hesitant to do what Iago is pressuring him to do?

5. What is the shortest scene in the book?

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