1. What trick does Iago use in Scene 1 to show Othello "proof" of Cassio's affair with Desdemona?
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2. Why did Othello strike Desdemona in public?
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3. Who is Lodovico and what message does he bring Othello?
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4. How does Iago explain Othello's behavior to Desdemona?
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5. What does Iago try to persuade Roderigo to do at the end of Scene 2?
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Who said it, and what is he/she talking about?

6. "My lord has fallen into an epilepsy."
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7. "She gave it him, and he hath giv'n it his whore."
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8. "O thou weed
   Who art so lovely fair, and smell'st so sweet,
   That the senses ache at thee, wouldst thou hadst never been born!"
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9. "If I do die before, prithee shroud me
   In one of these same sheets."
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