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Test your knowledge of Act 5, scene 2. Submit your answers to see your results and get feedback.
What does Othello do as he stands over the sleeping Desdemona in the moments before he acts to kill her?
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Curses himself
Admires her beauty
Asks himself why he cares about infidelity so much
Wakes her up
What does Othello tell Desdemona to do before he kills her?
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Beg for forgiveness
Write a letter to her father
Confess her infidelity
Pray before she dies
What does Othello's inability to differentiate between Emilia's calls and Desdemona's sounds of dying suggest?
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His inability to recognize reality
His loss of hearing
His emotional detachment
His utter madness
What does Othello expect Emilia to tell him?
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That Desdemona has been unfaithful
That Iago has been exposed
That Roderigo has been arrested
That Cassio has been killed
Why does Desdemona change her story to say that she wasn't murdered but rather died by suicide before she actually dies?
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She has realized she cannot trust Emilia and wants to confuse her
She wants revenge on Othello and knows this will make him feel guilty
She still loves Othello and wants to spare him from punishment
She is dying and is confused about what happened to her
Why is the repetition of "honest" in Othello's description of Iago tragic?
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It emphasizes how completely Iago has tricked Othello
It implies that Othello who was once so noble is now himself lying
It makes clear that Othello's actions were entirely noble
Both A) and C)
What does Emilia's reaction to Othello's threat to be quiet demonstrate?
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Her fear of Othello
Her fear of Iago
Her loyalty to Desdemona
Her desire for revenge
What does Othello admit to Graziano, Desdemona's uncle?
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He accidentally killed Desdemona
He smothered Desdemona
He tried but failed to kill Desdemona
None of the above
How does Iago try to control Emilia as she is on the verge of revealing his scheme?
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By commanding her as his wife to be silent
By threatening her with physical force
By implying that she too will get punished
All of the above
What does Othello do when he realizes that Iago lied to him?
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He begs Desdemona's spirit for forgiveness
He attacks Iago
He sends for his guards
He falls to his knees and starts speaking Latin
How do Desdemona's and Emilia's deaths condemn the male characters' misogynistic fear of female betrayal throughout the play?
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Because Desdemona never betrayed Othello and died for it, while Emilia's betrayal of Iago was heroic and in service to the greater good
Because while both Desdemona and Emilia betrayed their husbands, they were forced into it by their husband's own misogynistic behavior
Neither A nor B
Both A and B
Which of the following is the best explanation for why Iago will not speak after his plots have been revealed?
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As a prisoner he doesn't want to implicate himself any further
Because he has succeeded in his goal of bringing down Othello he feels no need to speak
As someone who plays with other people's thoughts he refuses to reveal his own
Because he killed Emilia as an outgrowth of his plot he now feels too much remorse to speak
What is the significance of the story that Othello tells just before he stabs himself?
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He is asserting his storytelling abilities
He is noting how he was accepted in Venetian society
He is trying to distract from what he's about to do
None of the above
What role does Lodovico assign to Cassio regarding Iago?
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To pardon Iago
To imprison Iago
To execute Iago
To banish Iago
