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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Roderigo killed?

2. Who does Iago talk to Cassio about when Othello thinks they are talking about Desdemona?

3. What is so surprising to Desdemona about Othello's behavior when he is asking about her handkerchief?

4. What does Desdemona tell Othello she was doing right before he came in the room so suddenly?

5. What did Cassio do for Othello while Othello and Desdemona were still courting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the most villainous person in this play?

2. What does Emilia say she would do for the right price?

3. Who does Emilia say is to blame when women cheat on their husbands?

4. What does Iago tell Othello he heard from Cassio while he is talking to Othello at the beginning of Act 4?

5. What does Desdemona lose that she is worried about finding?

6. Why does Othello finally tell Desdemona that he will consider forgiving Cassio?

7. Who hides to ambush Cassio?

8. Where is Iago supposed to deliver the package that Othello gives him?

9. What does Iago tell Desdemona he will do when Desdemona talks about Othello's odd and angry behavior towards her?

10. What does Othello ask Iago to give him after he overhears Iago and Cassio talking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this play all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and analyze each one's main motivation(s) throughout the play and how their individual goals affect the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

Emilia has her own theory for why some women cheat on their husbands. What is this theory? What are her validations for this? How does Desdemona feel about Emilia's theory? How do the characters' different opinions display themselves by the way the two women live their lives?

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