Othello Plot Summary Questions With
Correct Update
Which island are the Turks moving to attack? - Correct AnswersCyprus
What does Brabantio accuse Othello of having done to make Desdemona love him? -
Correct AnswersCasting spells on her
What does Othello claim made Desdemona love him? - Correct AnswersThe stories of
his adventures
Whom does Desdemona say she is most loyal to when questioned by Barbantio before
the duke? - Correct AnswersOthello
What does Iago suspect Othello of doing in the beginning of the play?
a. Plotting to kill him
b. mistreating Desdemona
c. sleeping with Emilia
d. stealing from Roderigo - Correct Answersc. Sleeping with Emilia
Why are Roderigo and Iago arguing when the play begins? - Correct AnswersRoderigo
paid Iago to help him woo Desdemona, but it hasn't worked.
What does Iago cite as a reason why he should be lieutenant over Cassio? - Correct
AnswersHe has experience and the fact that others have recommended him
Who is promoted to lieutenant over Iago in the beginning of the play? - Correct
AnswersCassio
Why is Brabantio initially skeptical of Roderigo's accusations in the beginning of the
play? - Correct AnswersHe has told Roderigo to stay away from Desdemona
What does Iago tell Barbantio about Desdemona and Othello in the beginning of the
play? - Correct AnswersThey are having sex
What does Iago do to Cassio to make him do something to disgrace himself before
Othello in Act II? - Correct Answersgets him drunk
Whom does Cassio stab in Act II? - Correct AnswersMontano
, What does Othello believe Iago has done when he tells Othello the story of what
happened in Cassio's fight in Act II? - Correct AnswersSoftened the story to protect
Cassio
What happens to Cassio as a result of the fight that Iago instigated in Act II? - Correct
AnswersOthello dismisses him from service
Why does Iago encourage Cassio to seek help from Desdemona when he is dismissed
from duty in Act II? - Correct Answersto make it look like they are having an affair
What happens to the Turks' fleet? - Correct Answersit gets sunk in a storm
What does Cassio do to Desdemona when the boats arrive in Cyprus that inspires
Iago's plot? - Correct Answershe takes her by the hand
How does Iago feel about Desdemona? - Correct Answershe lusts after her
Where did Othello get his handkerchief? - Correct AnswersFrom his mother, who got it
from a sorceress
What does the handkerchief represent to Othello? - Correct Answersmarital fidelity
In Act III, what does Desdemona think is bothering Othello when she goes to wipe his
brow with her handkerchief?
a. A political matter
b. Memories of his mother
c. Iago's evil scheming
d. Her flirtation with Cassio - Correct Answersa. a political matter
What does Cassio ask Bianca to do with the handkerchief when he gives it to her in Act
III? - Correct Answersto copy its pattern
Why does Othello think he might not be able to reinstate Cassio after he relegates him?
- Correct AnswersBecause Montano is so popular in Cyprus and reinstating his attacker
would not be popular with the people
What prior connection was there between Desdemona and Cassio? - Correct
AnswersCassio was Othello's go-between when he wooed Desdemona.
Who steals Desdemona's handkerchief after she drops it? - Correct AnswersEmilia
What does Iago claim that Cassio did in his sleep? - Correct AnswersCalled out
Desdemona's name and threw his leg over Iago's (sus)
What does Othello do to Iago after Iago finally makes Othello "realize" that Desdemona
is cheating on him? - Correct AnswersPromotes him to lieutenant
Correct Update
Which island are the Turks moving to attack? - Correct AnswersCyprus
What does Brabantio accuse Othello of having done to make Desdemona love him? -
Correct AnswersCasting spells on her
What does Othello claim made Desdemona love him? - Correct AnswersThe stories of
his adventures
Whom does Desdemona say she is most loyal to when questioned by Barbantio before
the duke? - Correct AnswersOthello
What does Iago suspect Othello of doing in the beginning of the play?
a. Plotting to kill him
b. mistreating Desdemona
c. sleeping with Emilia
d. stealing from Roderigo - Correct Answersc. Sleeping with Emilia
Why are Roderigo and Iago arguing when the play begins? - Correct AnswersRoderigo
paid Iago to help him woo Desdemona, but it hasn't worked.
What does Iago cite as a reason why he should be lieutenant over Cassio? - Correct
AnswersHe has experience and the fact that others have recommended him
Who is promoted to lieutenant over Iago in the beginning of the play? - Correct
AnswersCassio
Why is Brabantio initially skeptical of Roderigo's accusations in the beginning of the
play? - Correct AnswersHe has told Roderigo to stay away from Desdemona
What does Iago tell Barbantio about Desdemona and Othello in the beginning of the
play? - Correct AnswersThey are having sex
What does Iago do to Cassio to make him do something to disgrace himself before
Othello in Act II? - Correct Answersgets him drunk
Whom does Cassio stab in Act II? - Correct AnswersMontano
, What does Othello believe Iago has done when he tells Othello the story of what
happened in Cassio's fight in Act II? - Correct AnswersSoftened the story to protect
Cassio
What happens to Cassio as a result of the fight that Iago instigated in Act II? - Correct
AnswersOthello dismisses him from service
Why does Iago encourage Cassio to seek help from Desdemona when he is dismissed
from duty in Act II? - Correct Answersto make it look like they are having an affair
What happens to the Turks' fleet? - Correct Answersit gets sunk in a storm
What does Cassio do to Desdemona when the boats arrive in Cyprus that inspires
Iago's plot? - Correct Answershe takes her by the hand
How does Iago feel about Desdemona? - Correct Answershe lusts after her
Where did Othello get his handkerchief? - Correct AnswersFrom his mother, who got it
from a sorceress
What does the handkerchief represent to Othello? - Correct Answersmarital fidelity
In Act III, what does Desdemona think is bothering Othello when she goes to wipe his
brow with her handkerchief?
a. A political matter
b. Memories of his mother
c. Iago's evil scheming
d. Her flirtation with Cassio - Correct Answersa. a political matter
What does Cassio ask Bianca to do with the handkerchief when he gives it to her in Act
III? - Correct Answersto copy its pattern
Why does Othello think he might not be able to reinstate Cassio after he relegates him?
- Correct AnswersBecause Montano is so popular in Cyprus and reinstating his attacker
would not be popular with the people
What prior connection was there between Desdemona and Cassio? - Correct
AnswersCassio was Othello's go-between when he wooed Desdemona.
Who steals Desdemona's handkerchief after she drops it? - Correct AnswersEmilia
What does Iago claim that Cassio did in his sleep? - Correct AnswersCalled out
Desdemona's name and threw his leg over Iago's (sus)
What does Othello do to Iago after Iago finally makes Othello "realize" that Desdemona
is cheating on him? - Correct AnswersPromotes him to lieutenant
