1. CharactersPlotThemes and Symbols Basic FactsQuote ID 10 20 30 40 50

2. Characters 10 Who is responsible for Desdemona’s handkerchief going missing?

3. Characters 10 Emilia

4. Characters 20 Who, besides Othello, is in love with Desdemona?

5. Characters 20 Roderigo

6. Characters 30 What military position does Othello hold?

7. Characters 30 General

8. Characters 40 Who begins the play upset that Desdemona has “deceived” him? Provide the name.

9. Characters 40 Brabantio

10. Characters 50 Who is the Governor of Cyprus?

11. Characters 50 Montano

12. Plot 10 How does Othello prove his innocence to the Duke when Brabantio accuses him of witchcraft?

13. Plot 10 He tells the Duke that Desdemona fell in love with him because of the stories he told and the life he lived

14. Plot 20 List 2 reasons Iago gives for hating Othello

15. Plot 20 Giving Cassio the lieutenancy, possibly sleeping with Emilia, Iago may like Desdemona, hatred due to race

16. Plot 30 What is the name of the song Desdemona sings before she dies?

17. Plot 30 A song of Willow

18. Plot 40 What advice does Iago give Cassio when he loses his lieutenancy?

19. Plot 40 He tells Cassio to speak to Desdemona to convince him to reinstate him.

20. Plot 50 What kind of proof does Othello ask Iago to get for him to prove Desdemona is cheating on him?

21. Plot 50 The Ocular Proof

22. Themes and Symbols 10 What item does Othello interpret as a symbol of Desdemona’s faithfulness?

23. Themes and Symbols 10 handkerchief

24. Themes and Symbols 20 What is the irony of the black and white imagery?

25. Themes and Symbols 20 Othello is “black” but good while Iago is “white” but bad (his soul is black)

26. Themes and Symbols 30 How is the animal motif most commonly used in the play?

27. Themes and Symbols 30 It is often used in reference to Othello to prove that he is viewed as inferior or barbaric.

28. Themes and Symbols 40 How does the motif of blindness work in the play?

29. Themes and Symbols 40 Everyone in the play, besides Iago, is blind to his dishonesty and evil intentions.

30. Themes and Symbols 50 When Othello says “put out the light” what is he referring to?

31. Themes and Symbols 50 The life of Desdemona, the light of his life, his one true love. Also, literally, he is blowing out the candles.

32. Basic Facts 10 Who is the first to realize, in Act V, that Iago was responsible for Desdemona’s death?

33. Basic Facts 10 Emilia

34. Basic Facts 20 What crime does Brabantio charge Othello with before the Venetian counsel?

35. Basic Facts 20 Bewitching his daughter

36. Basic Facts 30 What nation threatens the Venetian stronghold at Cyprus?

37. Basic Facts 30 Turkey

38. Basic Facts 40 What does Othello remark was used to dye the handkerchief?

39. Basic Facts 40 blood from virgins’ hearts

40. Basic Facts 50 How does Iago describe jealousy?

41. Basic Facts 50 “the green-eyed monster”

42. Quote ID 10 “I am not what I am.”

43. Quote ID 10 Iago

44. Quote ID 20 “Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: / She has deceived her father, and may thee.”

45. Quote ID 20 Brabantio

46. Quote ID 30 “Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. / From this time forth I never will speak word.”

47. Quote ID 30 Iago

48. Quote ID 40 “I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking.”

49. Quote ID 40 Cassio

50. Quote ID 50 “If virtue no delighted beauty lack, your son-in-law is far more fair than black.”

51. Quote ID 50 The Duke