Othello A4

Question 1

A4:1 - Othello: ‘Noses, ears and lips…

Answer 1

Confess! Handkerchief! O devil!’

Question 2

A4:1 - Iago: ‘he foams at the mouth, and…

Answer 2

…breaks out to savage madness’

Question 3

A4:1 - Bianca: ‘some minx’s…

Answer 3

…token’

Question 4

A4:1 - Othello: ‘How shall I…

Answer 4

…murder him Iago?

Question 5

A4:1 - Othello: ‘let her rot and perish…

Answer 5

…my heart is turned to stone’

Question 6

A4:1 - Iago: ‘Do not it not with poison, …

Answer 6

…strangle her in her bed - even the bed she hath contaminated.’

Question 7

A4:1 - Othello: Devil!…

Answer 7

…[striking her]’

Question 8

A4:1 - Othello: ‘Each drop she falls…

Answer 8

…would prove a crocodile’

Question 9

A4:1 - Lodovico: ‘Is this the noble Moor…

Answer 9

…the nature [of] whom passion could not shake?’

Question 10

A4:2 - Emilia: ‘I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest…

Answer 10

…Lay down my soul at stake’

Question 11

A4:2 - Othello: ‘Heaven truly knows…

Answer 11

…that thou art false as hell’

Question 12

A4:2 - Othello: ‘would thou had’st…

Answer 12

…ne’er been born!’

Question 13

A4:2 - Othello: ‘Impudent…

Answer 13

…strumpet.’

Question 14

A4:2 - Othello: ‘that cunning…

Answer 14

…whore of Venice’

Question 15

A4:2 - Emilia: ‘How do you, …

Answer 15

…my good lady?’

• Emilia ignores Othello’s attempt to dismiss her.

Question 16

A4:2 - Emilia: ‘A beggar in his drink…

Answer 16

… / Could not have laid such terms upon his callat.’

Question 17

A4:2 - Emilia: ‘some most villainous…

Answer 17

…knave.’

Question 18

A4:2 - Desdemona: ‘His unkindness may defeat…

Answer 18

…my life but never taint my love’

Question 19

A4:3 - Desdemona: ‘Even his stubbornness, …

Answer 19

…his checks, his frowns… have grace and favour.’

Question 20

A4:3 - Des: My mother had a…

Answer 20

…maid called Barbary…he she loved proved mad’

Question 21

A4:3 - Des: ‘She died singing it. …

Answer 21

…That song tonight / Will not go from my mind.’

Question 22

A4:3 - Des: ‘Let nobody blame him…

Answer 22

…his scorn I approve.’

Question 23

A4:3 - Des: ‘That there be women do abuse…

Answer 23

…their husbands in such gross kind?’

Question 24

A4:3 - Des: ‘It is their husbands’ fault…

Answer 24

…if wives do fall’

Question 25

A4:3- Emilia: ‘The world’s a huge thing: …

Answer 25

…it is a great price / For a small vice.’

• Almost mercenary.

Question 26

A4:3 - Emilia: ‘Who would not make…

Answer 26

…her husband a cuckold to make him a monarch?’

• Mercenary.

Question 27

A4:3 - Emilia: ‘Let husbands know / Their wives…

Answer 27

…have sense like them’

• Sexual appetite/desires.