Starter quiz

  • In the play 'Othello', what do we know about Othello and Desdemona?
    • they have secretly married  ✓
    • they have publicly married
    • they are courting
  • Why does Iago dislike Othello at the beginning of the play 'Othello'?
    • Iago was courting Desdemona before Othello married her
    • Othello passed Iago over for a promotion  ✓
    • Othello killed Iago's brother
  • What is a key theme in Shakespeare's tragedies?
    • love
    • ambition
    • disorder  ✓
  • What is a convention of the tragic hero?
    • they start off with high status and then experience a downfall  ✓
    • they start with low status but grow in esteem
    • their fate stays stable throughout the play
  • In Shakespeare's 'Othello', which character plays the biggest role in Othello's downfall and why?
    • Cassio for having an affair with Desdemona
    • Desdemona for being unfaithful to Othello
    • Iago for manipulating Othello into believing his wife was unfaithful  ✓
  • In the play 'Othello', what is arguably Othello's hamartia from the list below?
    • ambition
    • prejudice
    • superiority
    • lust
    • jealousy  ✓
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