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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. What are Desdemona and Cassio talking about right before Othello leaves?

2. Who is the only character who is not being manipulated by Iago?

3. What makes Iago so happy when he hears of Othello's odd behavior towards Desdemona?

4. What is the shortest scene in Act 3?

5. What is Othello's response to Desdemona's pleas that he forgive Cassio before he is about to depart?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Emilia's response to the question Othello asks about Desdemona?

4. Who hides to ambush Cassio?

5. Who told Iago to kill Cassio?

6. What do Othello, Lodovico, Desdemona and Emilia all do together after dinner?

7. What question does Desdemona ask Emilia that proves her innocence and naivete?

8. Why does Iago stab and kill Roderigo?

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

10. What is Bianca surprised to see Cassio with when we first see her in the play?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Desdemona say as she is dying and how does this statement affect Othello? How do these last words change the outcome of the play?

Essay Topic 2

Othello is outraged when he overhears a conversation between Iago and Cassio. Explain this scene. How does Othello react to this conversation? Why does he feel this way? How does this one conversation change the outcome of the entire play?

Essay Topic 3

Iago uses many different lies to complete his horrible goals. What are some of these lies, and how did they poison the characters who heard them?

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