Othello Reading Quiz: Act 3, Scene 4
A short reading quiz on Act 3, Scene 4 of Othello.
ENGLISH 11AP – Literature and Composition
Quiz – Othello (Act 3.4)
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Date Per.
1.For what possession is Desdemona searching as the scene opens?
2.Who is with her at that time who could – but does not – tell her where the item is?
3.Does Desdemona believe Othello to be jealous?
4.What physical trait (or symptom, if you will) of Desdemona’s does Othello remark on and make much of?
5.When Othello complains of “a salt and sorry rheum” (a discharge of his eyes or nose), what does he request that Desdemona give him?
6.What power does that object (#5) possess?
7.Rather than fetch that object (#5), what does Desdemona want to do?
8.Name the new character who first appears at the end of this scene.
9.What does this character (#8) receive from Cassio?
10.What request does Cassio make of this character (#8)?
BONUS
A.What does Emilia call “a monster/Begot upon itself, born on itself”?
B.Whom does Othello contemptuously call “chuck”?