AP Student Review Resources

Below are links to different resources to help you study for the exam outside of class.

Vocab:
https://quizlet.com/390627/ap-literature-terms-flash-cards/

Essays (sample prompts and responses from all the past exams):

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2002.html

Use the multiple choice I provided to you, and we can check answers together on Monday, May 1st.

Happy studying!

Othello Act 3 Questions

1. At the beginning of 3.3 Othello is completely in love with Desdemona. By the end of that scene, 480 lines later, Othello is ready to murder her for having an affair with Cassio. How have we gone from the first position to the second position so quickly? How does Iago plant the idea of Desdemona's infidelity in Othello's mind, and how does he make it grow?

2. What sort of person is Emilia, and what seems to be the nature of her relationship with her husband Iago? How does Desdemona's handkerchief come into play within that relationship between Emilia and Iago?

Othello Questions Act 1 & 2

Act 1: 

1. How does Shakespeare present the world of Venice in the first act, and how does he  construct the interactions of his central characters (Iago, Othello, and Desdemona) with that Venetian world and with each other? How are these interactions complicated by the fact that Othello is a Moor (and we'll have to puzzle out what exactly that means) and that Desdemona is a young women?

2.What sort of person is Iago, as he appears in act 1? Are you satisfied by the reasons he gives for hating Othello? What is Iago’s relationship with Rodrigo?

3.What sort of language does Iago use/ What sort of language does Othello use? What might be the significance of this difference?

4.What themes are starting to emerge? What examples/evidence do you have of these themes?

Act 2:

1. What sort of person is Cassio? What happens to him, an dhow does Iago plan to use the situation in his plan against Othello?

2.What more do we learn about the nature of Iago in act 2? What is the effect of having him share his thoughts and plans with us through his soliloquies? Pay attention to the language used in Iago's soliloquies. What sorts of descriptive language does he use? How does it contribute to the picture of Iago that Shakespeare is drawing?