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Othello
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Act I, scenes i–ii
Act I, scene iii
Act II, scenes i–ii
Act II, scene iii
Act III, scenes i–iii
Act III, scene iv
Act IV, scene i
Act IV, scenes ii–iii
Act V, scenes i–ii
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Why does Iago hate Othello?
How does Emilia help Iago?
Why does Othello care about Desdemona’s handkerchief
How does Iago manipulate Desdemona?
How does Iago use Bianca to trick Othello?
Why does Iago hate Cassio?
Why does Roderigo wake up Brabantio?
Why does Othello go to Cyprus?
How does Cassio fall from Othello’s grace and get fired?
Why does Roderigo agree to kill Cassio?
Does Cassio die?
How does Roderigo die?
Does Othello kill Desdemona?
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Does Othello die?
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What reason does Iago give at the beginning of the play for conspiring against Othello?
Othello passed him over for a promotion.
Othello stole the woman he loves.
Othello is secretly working for the Turks.
Othello killed his friend Roderigo.
2
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Why does Othello have to go to Cyprus?
To prepare defenses against the Turks.
To confront Iago about his deception.
To take command of the Turkish army.
To rejoin his wife for their marriage.
3
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Who does Iago frame as having an affair with Desdemona?
Roderigo
Brabantio
Cassio
Lodovico
4
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How does Desdemona die?
She kills herself with poison.
Othello smothers her with a pillow.
Iago strangles her and frames Cassio.
Roderigo stabs her in her sleep.
5
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What happens to Iago at the end of the play?
He is banished from Venice.
He is killed by the Turks.
He is married to Bianca.
He is sentenced to death.
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