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
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- 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
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- What is a key theme in Shakespeare's tragedies?
- love
- ambition
- disorder ✓
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- 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
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- 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 ✓
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- In the play 'Othello', what is arguably Othello's hamartia from the list below?
- ambition
- prejudice
- superiority
- lust
- jealousy ✓
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