AQA A-level English Literature A (7712), Version 1.7.1, 1 October 2025; AQA A-level English Literature B (7717), Version 1.5.1, 1 October 2025; OCR A Level English Literature (H472), Version 2.2, October 2026
What grievance against Othello does Iago give Roderigo in the opening scene?
Question 21 mark
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AQA A 7712, AQA B 7717, OCR H472
Spec and skills
Paper scope: AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare); AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy); OCR Component 01, Section 1 (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy)
AQA A-level English Literature A (7712), Version 1.7.1, 1 October 2025; AQA A-level English Literature B (7717), Version 1.5.1, 1 October 2025; OCR A Level English Literature (H472), Version 2.2, October 2026
Who says "I am not what I am", and to whom?
Question 31 mark
Closed book or clean copy, as the paper allows
AQA A 7712, AQA B 7717, OCR H472
Spec and skills
Paper scope: AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare); AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy); OCR Component 01, Section 1 (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy)
AQA A-level English Literature A (7712), Version 1.7.1, 1 October 2025; AQA A-level English Literature B (7717), Version 1.5.1, 1 October 2025; OCR A Level English Literature (H472), Version 2.2, October 2026
Othello does not appear in the opening scene. How is he presented there?
Question 41 mark
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AQA A 7712, AQA B 7717, OCR H472
Spec and skills
Paper scope: AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare); AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy); OCR Component 01, Section 1 (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy)
AQA A-level English Literature A (7712), Version 1.7.1, 1 October 2025; AQA A-level English Literature B (7717), Version 1.5.1, 1 October 2025; OCR A Level English Literature (H472), Version 2.2, October 2026
What does Brabantio accuse Othello of before the Duke and senators?
Question 51 mark
Closed book or clean copy, as the paper allows
AQA A 7712, AQA B 7717, OCR H472
Spec and skills
Paper scope: AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare); AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy); OCR Component 01, Section 1 (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy)
AQA A-level English Literature A (7712), Version 1.7.1, 1 October 2025; AQA A-level English Literature B (7717), Version 1.5.1, 1 October 2025; OCR A Level English Literature (H472), Version 2.2, October 2026
Complete Othello's account of the courtship: "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, / And I lov'd her ..."
Question 61 mark
Closed book or clean copy, as the paper allows
AQA A 7712, AQA B 7717, OCR H472
Spec and skills
Paper scope: AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare); AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy); OCR Component 01, Section 1 (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA A Paper 1, Section A (Shakespeare)
Topic spec AQA B Paper 1, Option 1A (Aspects of tragedy)
AQA A-level English Literature A (7712), Version 1.7.1, 1 October 2025; AQA A-level English Literature B (7717), Version 1.5.1, 1 October 2025; OCR A Level English Literature (H472), Version 2.2, October 2026
Desdemona tells her father "I do perceive here a divided duty". Between whom is her duty divided?
