Quotes

Question 1

What does Iago say to prove Desdemona is sly in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 1

“To seel her father’s eyes up close as oak - he thought t’was witchcraft.”

Question 2

What does Othello say he will do if Desdemona is having an affair in his soliloquy in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 2

“If I do prove her haggard, though that her jesses were my dear heart-strings, I’d whistle her off and let her down the wind to prey at fortune.”

Question 3

How does Othello express his grief when he discovers Desdemona’s “affair” in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 3

“Farewell content! Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars! Farewell! Othello’s occupation gone.”

Question 4

How does Othello call upon his vengeance for Desdemona in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 4

“Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell.”

Question 5

How does Othello use colours to compare Desdemona’s reputation in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 5

“Her name, that was as fresh as Dian’s visage, is now as begrimed and black as mine own face.”

Question 6

How does Othello threaten Iago in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 6

“Thou hadst better been born a dog than answer my waked wrath!”

Question 7

What does Iago say to Othello about Venetian women in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 7

“In Venice they do let God see the pranks they dare not show their husbands.”

Question 8

How does Othello foreshadow his own fall from sanity in his conversation with Desdemona in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 8

“And when I love thee not, chaos is come again.”

Question 9

How does Iago describe Othello to Roderigo in Act 1 Scene 1?

Answer 9

“Horribly stuffed with epithets of war.”

Question 10

How does Othello describe Desdemona in Act 2 Scene 1?

Answer 10

“My fair warrior!”

Question 11

What does Brabantio say to protest Othello marrying Desdemona?

Answer 11

“For if such actions may have passage free, bondslaves and pagans shall our statesmen be.”

Question 12

How does Othello describe the thought of his stolen handkerchief in Act 4 Scene 1?

Answer 12

“It comes over my memory, as doth the raven over the infected house.”

Question 13

What does Iago say to Brabantio about Othello and Desdemona in Act 1 Scene 1?

Answer 13

“An old black ram is tupping your white ewe.”

Question 14

What is said when Othello tries to debate Desdemona’s purity with Iago in Act 4 Scene 1?

Answer 14

Othello: A fine woman, a fair woman, a sweet woman!
Iago: Nay, you must forget that.
Othello: Ay, let her rot and perish.

Question 15

After Othello strikes Desdemona, what does Lodovico say in Act 4 Scene 1?

Answer 15

“My lord, this would not be believed in Venice.”

Question 16

In his soliloquy, what does Iago say about the handkerchief Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 16

“Trifles light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as proofs of holy writ.”

Question 17

After Othello murders Desdemona, what does Emilia say to him in Act 5 Scene 2?

Answer 17

“O, the more angel she, and you the blacker devil!”

Question 18

In her final moments, what do Desdemona and Emilia say to each other in Act 5 Scene 2?

Answer 18

Desdemona: A guiltless death I die.
Emilia: O, who hath done this deed?
Desdemona: Nobody; I myself. Farewell.

Question 19

What discussion occurs between Othello and Desdemona to show her obedience and submission despite how she is treated in Act 4 Scene 1?

Answer 19

Othello: Mistress!
Desdemona: My lord?

Question 20

What terms does Iago use against Othello?

Answer 20

“lusty Moor”

“erring barbarian”

Question 21

How does Emilia swear loyalty to her husband in Act 4 Scene 3?

Answer 21

“Who would not make her husband a cuckold, to make him a monarch?”

Question 22

What does Othello say in his soliloquy before murdering Desdemona in Act 5 Scene 2?

Answer 22

He kisses her. “O balmy breath that doth almost persuade Justice to break her sword!”

Question 23

How does Othello justify Desdemona’s murder in Act 5 Scene 2?

Answer 23

“She must die, else she’ll betray more men.”

Question 24

How does Iago instruct Othello to murder Desdemona in Act 4 Scene 1?

Answer 24

“Strangle her in her bed, even the bed she hath contaminated.”

Question 25

What does Emilia say on men in Act 3 Scene 4?

Answer 25

“They are all but stomachs, and we are all but food: they eat us hungerly, and when they are full, they belch us.”

Question 26

What does Iago say on the nature of jealousy in Act 3 Scene 3?

Answer 26

“It is the green eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.”

Question 27

How does Othello assert total faith in Desdemona in Act 1 Scene 3?

Answer 27

If you do find me foul in her report […] let your sentence fall upon my life.