PagineFree Othello quizzes with answers: 35 original multiple-choice questions in 11 quizzes, act-by-act, plus a Othello summary, characters, themes, key quotes, essay questions and printable tests with answer keys. Use them as a study guide, a reading check or GCSE / A-Level / High school / AP Lit / IB revision. Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy and race (c.1603); studied at GCSE, A-level, AP and IB.
GCSE English LiteratureA-Level English LiteratureUS High School EnglishAP English LiteratureIB English A: Literature
Spoiler-safe reading checks: each quiz only covers its own act, with answers and explanations.
5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
🏁10 questions with answers · whole play
Revision quizzes that pull questions from across the whole play (spoilers).
10 questions · Motives, relationships and how characters change.
✍️5 questions · Word choice, imagery, narration and how the work is built.
🧭11 questions · Quick check of what happens and when.
🔍5 questions · Why things happen and what the text implies.
🏆8 questions · The hardest questions — exam-style thinking.
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Othello, a celebrated Moorish general in the service of Venice, marries Desdemona. His ensign Iago, resentful at being passed over, convinces Othello that she is unfaithful with Cassio, and Othello's jealousy leads him to murder her.
JealousyRaceManipulationReputationTrustLoveAppearance and realityGender
Short quotations from the public-domain text, with where they appear.
Exam-style essay and discussion prompts for GCSE, A-Level, High school, AP Lit, IB.
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Mary Shelley · 75 questions
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 55 questions
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Othello, a celebrated Moorish general in the service of Venice, marries Desdemona. Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy and race (c.1603); studied at GCSE, A-level, AP and IB.
William Shakespeare wrote Othello, first published in 1622. It is a play in 5 acts.
Othello, Iago, Desdemona, Cassio, Emilia and Roderigo.
Jealousy, Race, Manipulation, Reputation, Trust, Love, Appearance and reality, Gender.
Yes. All 35 questions are free, each with the answer and an explanation. Play online with instant feedback, or print any quiz as a test with an answer key.
The act quizzes are spoiler-safe — each one only covers its own act. The final test and the skill quizzes cover the whole play.
Othello is widely studied for GCSE English Literature, A-Level English Literature, US High School English, AP English Literature, IB English A: Literature. Reading lists vary by school and exam board, so check your own syllabus.
Othello is in the public domain in the US: read it free in Pagine, at the Folger Shakespeare Library or on Project Gutenberg, or listen on LibriVox.
Yes. Print any Othello quiz with an answer key for reading checks, homework or revision, or use “Build your own quiz” to choose acts, skills and difficulty.