Othello Study Guide Questions Act IV

Othello

Study Guide Act IV

Act IV

1. After Iago lied and told Othello that Cassio confessed going to bed with Desdemona, what advice did he give the overwhelmed Othello?

2. How did Iago trick Othello into thinking Cassio was gloating and bragging about his affair with Desdemona?

3. Why was Bianca angry with Cassio?

4. How did Bianca's return with the handkerchief help Iago?

5. Why did Othello hit Desdemona?

 

6. What was Lodovico's reaction to Othello's behavior towards Desdemona? How did Iago later explain Othello's behavior to Lodovico?

7. Why did Othello ask Emilia about Cassio's affair with Desdemona, and what was her reply?

8. To whom does Desdemona turn for help after Othello calls her a strumpet?

9. Why did Iago tell Rodriego to kill Cassio? Why did Roderigo consent to think about it?

Othello - Multiple Choice Study/Quiz Questions Act IV

10. True or False: After Iago lied and told Othello that Cassio had gone to bed with Desdemona, he told Othello to forget about it, to think and protect his own reputation.

A. True

B. False

11. True or False: In order to trick Othello into thinking Cassio was gloating over his affair with Desdemona, Iago paid an actor to mimic Cassio's voice in a conversation that Othello could hear but not see.

A. True

B. False

12. Why was Bianca angry with Cassio?

A. He had refused to pay her for her services.

B. She loved him and thought some other woman had given him the handkerchief.

C. She thought he had been making fun of her to his friends.

D. He told her he was not going to see her anymore.

13. True or False: Bianca's returning the handkerchief to Cassio made things appear to Othello as though all Iago had said was true.

A. True

B. False

14. True or False: Othello was furious; even so, he contained his temper and left the room so that he would not physically hurt Desdemona.

A. True

B. False

15. True or False: Lodovico approved of Othello's behavior, saying he would be praised in Venice.

A. True

B. False

16. True or False: Iago later told Lodovico that Othello had lost his wife.

A. True

B. False

17. True or False: Othello asked Emilia for information about the affair.

A. True

B. False

18. True or False: Emilia agreed that Desdemona was guilty.

A. True

B. False

19. True or False: Desdemona turns to Iago for help after Othello calls her a strumpet.

A. True

B. False

20. True or False: Iago tells Roderigo to kill Cassio.

A. True

B. False

21. True or False: Roderigo refused to think about it. He was afraid that if Desdemona ever found out, she would never love him.

A. True

B. False

VOCABULARY - Othello : Act IV

Part I: Using Prior Knowledge and Contextual Clues

Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the

sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the sentences mean.

1-2. Thus credulous fools are caught, And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, All

guiltless, meet reproach.

3. . . . of so high and plenteous wit and invention ---

4. If you are so find over her iniquity, give her patent to offend . . . .

5. Get me some poison, Iago, this night. I'll not expostulate with her, lest her body and beauty unprovide my mind again.

6. Sir, I obey the mandate, And will return to Venice.

7. The bawdy wind, that kisses all it meets, Is hushed within the hollow mine of earth And will not hear it.

8. I will be hanged if some eternal villain, Some busy and insinuating rogue, Some cogging,

cozening slave, to get some office, Have not devised this slander.

9. He says he will return incontinent.

Ohello Vocabulary for Act IV Part II

II. Determining the Meaning - Match the words to their dictionary definitions.

____ 1. credulous                         A. command; official instruction

____ 2. reproach                         B. introducing an idea subtlely

____ 3. wit                                     C. criticism; disgrace; blame; shame

____ 4. iniquity                         D. gullible

____ 5. expostulate                         E. vulgar; humorously coarse

____ 6. mandate                         F. uncontrolled; unrestrained

____ 7. bawdy                         G. reason earnestly

____ 8. insinuating                        H. sin(s)

____ 9. incontinent                         I. intelligence; humor