Plot
Plot 2
What Do the Critics Say?
Miscellaneous
100
The story is set in what century?
16th
100
What character revealed Iago's plans?
Emilia
100
Othello is considered the most __________ of Shakespeare's tragedies.
What is domestic
100
Othello was one of the twenty plays performed by __________
What is the King's Men
200
What character is known to have many faces?
Iago
200
What did Othello do at the end of play?
Killed Desdemona and then himself
200
The focus of the play is on __________________.
What is the end of a marriage and a husband's murder of his wife
200
When were female roles taken by women for the first time?
What is in the Restoration period during 1610
300
What is Iago's reason to seek revenge on Othello?
He is angered that Othello gave Cassio a higher position.
300
How did Iago respond to Emilia revealing his evil plans?
He killed her
300
Which two things does Othello imply are the same?
What is Desdemona's honor and the handkerchief
300
As early as the 1960s, some critics found it odd to have ___________________
What is a white actor playing Othello in dark makeup
400
What does Iago steal from Desdemona that Othello gave her?
A handkerchief
400
Was Desdemona unfaithful to Othello?
No she was framed by Iago
400
Name the two elements that critics say make Othello "as organized as a symphony"
What is poetry and formal control
400
Name 2 out of 3 differences between the opera, Otello, and the original play Othello.
What is Iago is less diabolical, the setting is in Venice instead of Cyprus, and there is an alternative happy ending.
500
What was Iago's plan?
To remove Cassio from his position Convince Othello that Desdemona is "unfaithful"
500
What happened to Iago in the end of the play?
He was taken into custody by Venetian authorities
500
The difference between Othello and Iago's style of speaking is _________________
What is that Othello speaks in a "soaring language" while Iago speech is witty, ironical, matter-of-fact and ruthless
500
Othello was performed in celebration of who's wedding?
What is Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V
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