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Othello Trivia Quiz

A few questions you test your memory of Othello

A multiple-choice quiz by macbeth51. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
macbeth51

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
15,011

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3406

Last 3 plays: Guest 184 (4/10), Guest 184 (3/10), Guest 73 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who said this: 'She is abused,stolen from me, and corrupted By spells and medicines...'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who uttered these words: 'Rude am I in my speech'? Hint

Iago

Emilia

Cassio

Othello

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Question 3 of 10

3. Complete these lines of Iago's: 'Virtue! a fig!' tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our _____.'

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who said this: 'Most fortunately: he has achieved a maid That paragons description and wild fame'?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. 'I will snare so great a fly as Cassio ...'. So says Iago and the plot begins. Cassio has a weakness that Iago exploits. What is this weakness? Hint

Gambling

Drink

Laziness

Gluttony

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'Nay. good lieutenant: I pray you sir, hold your hand' says Montano to Cassio. Whom has Cassio just hit?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Complete this line: 'Villain, be sure thou prove my love a _____.'

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Iago tells Othello a story about Cassio talking in his sleep because he had been woken up by what discomfort? Hint

a raging fever

an aching stomach

a raging tooth

a terrible headache

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'That handkerchief did _____ to my mother give'. Who gave the handkerchief to Othello's mother? Hint

A Spaniard

An Egyptian

A Greek

A Turk

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Question 10 of 10

10. Finish this line uttered by Othello at the end of the play: 'Of one that loved not wisely _____.'

Answer: (Three Words)

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Most Recent Scores

Dec 19 2024 : Guest 184: 4/10
Dec 19 2024 : Guest 184: 3/10
Dec 18 2024 : Guest 73: 7/10
Dec 16 2024 : Guest 205: 6/10
Dec 05 2024 : Guest 75: 0/10
Dec 04 2024 : Guest 92: 3/10
Nov 25 2024 : Guest 70: 5/10
Nov 24 2024 : Guest 193: 3/10
Nov 15 2024 : Guest 172: 7/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who said this: 'She is abused,stolen from me, and corrupted By spells and medicines...'?

Answer: Brabantio

Poor old Brabantio...he lost a daughter and only briefly gained a son. It can be argued that he was the only character to whom Desdemona behaved deceitfully

2. Who uttered these words: 'Rude am I in my speech'?

Answer: Othello

In fact, Othello's speech in this play ranges from the heroic, romantic and noble to the bawdy, cruel and incoherent. He was capable of great passion, both in love and in anger.

3. Complete these lines of Iago's: 'Virtue! a fig!' tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our _____.'

Answer: gardens

Forget all this fate nonsense. We follow our wills. We can make it happen. This conceit underlines the theme of free will versus fate. The rest of Iago's speech is worth reading.

4. Who said this: 'Most fortunately: he has achieved a maid That paragons description and wild fame'?

Answer: Cassio

The fair Desdemona also described as divine and exquisite.

5. 'I will snare so great a fly as Cassio ...'. So says Iago and the plot begins. Cassio has a weakness that Iago exploits. What is this weakness?

Answer: Drink

It was Desdemona's loyalty to Cassio and her sense of fair play which Iago was also able to exploit.

6. 'Nay. good lieutenant: I pray you sir, hold your hand' says Montano to Cassio. Whom has Cassio just hit?

Answer: Roderigo

Poor lovesick Roderigo; a gull and pawn in Iago's hand, hoping beyond hope that he would win Desdemona's attention.

7. Complete this line: 'Villain, be sure thou prove my love a _____.'

Answer: whore

Later on Othello shows he is losing his confidence and nobility when he says 'I think my wife be honest and think she is not'. 'Think' and 'honest' are oft repeated words in this play

8. Iago tells Othello a story about Cassio talking in his sleep because he had been woken up by what discomfort?

Answer: a raging tooth

Iago tells the bawdy tale of Cassio lusting after Desdemona, '... then he laid his legs over my thigh'.

9. 'That handkerchief did _____ to my mother give'. Who gave the handkerchief to Othello's mother?

Answer: An Egyptian

The handkerchief was a simple but effective symbolic and structural device, skilfully crafted by Shakespeare. The audience knows exactly where it is and how it got there.

10. Finish this line uttered by Othello at the end of the play: 'Of one that loved not wisely _____.'

Answer: but too well

Othello's grandeur of speech returns just before he stabs himself.

Source: Author macbeth51

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