Othello Review

Iago says, in Act 1 Scene 1, "Call up her father. Rouse him. Make after him, poison his delight. Proclaim him in the streets; incense her kinsmen, and, though he in a fertile climate dwell, plague him with flies." What is he telling Roderigo to do here?

• Iago is instructing Roderigo to attack Brabantio when he comes out of his house

• Iago is telling Roderigo how to make Brabantio angry to better suit their needs of disrupting the marriage between Othello and Desdemona

• Iago is telling Roderigo how to best make Othello angry and cause Othello to make mistakes when talking to the Duke

• Iago instructs Roderigo to "rouse" Brabantio so Brabantio cannot sleep through the night

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Brabantio responds to the news that Othello and Desdemona are married by...

• Exclaiming his joy that his daughter married a man of noble birth and station

• Expressing his disappointment that Desdemona did not marry Roderigo when Roderigo was courting her

• Being upset that he was not invited to the secret wedding

• Claiming it cannot be true, and if it is, it is the result of witchcraft by the Moor because his daughter would never marry Othello otherwise

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Othello responds to Iago's informing him of Brabantio trying to find him by...

• Remaining calm, and expressing his confidence in swaying the Duke because of his service in the military

• Getting angry through Iago's insinuations that Othello used witchcraft to woo Desdemona

• Becoming upset and getting a headache as he revolts against the accusations

• Asking Iago to represent him when he speaks to the Duke

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Othello is sent to Cyprus to fight off the Turkish invasion. T or F

• T

• F

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This character threatens to commit suicide

• Othello

• Roderigo

• Iago

• Cassio

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Why does Iago say he "hates the Moor" first?

• Because he thinks he may have slept with his wife, Emilia

• Because he did not get the promotion that Cassio received

• Because he is racist

• Because he thinks he may have slept with his wife Emilia AND Cassio received the promotion Iago felt he deserved

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What happened to the Turkish fleet on the way to Cyprus?

• It lands, and destroys the Cyprus naval fleet

• They get lost and land in America

• The fleet is destroyed by a storm on the way to Cyprus

• They land, and are destroyed by Othello's army

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Iago convinces Roderigo that Desdemona is now in love with...

• Cassio

• Othello

• Roderigo

• Montano the former governor of Cyprus

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Iago gets Cassio drunk. and as a result Cassio...

• Stabs Othello on his wedding night, and loses his promotion

• Falls asleep and misses his guard duty

• Stabs Iago and loses his promotion

• Stabs Montano the former governor of Cyprus, and loses his promotion

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Cassio asks _____________ to assist in getting his job back

• Desdemona

• Emilia

• Roderigo

• Othello

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