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

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

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

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

• T

• F

This character threatens to commit suicide

• Othello

• Roderigo

• Iago

• Cassio

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

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

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

• Cassio

• Othello

• Roderigo

• Montano the former governor of Cyprus

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

Cassio asks _____________ to assist in getting his job back

• Desdemona

• Emilia

• Roderigo

• Othello