Othello

The beginning of the play is set in _____

• Africa
• Venice
• Cyprus
• Turkey

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Why does Roderigo disturb Brabantio?

• The duke wants to see him
• Othello wants to see him
• To tell him Desdemona has run off to get married
• He is trying to court Desdemona

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Whose side does Iago seem to be on when he and Othello enter in act I, scene ii?

• Othello’s
• Roderigo’s
• the Duke’s
• Brabantio’s

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Why does the Duke send Othello to Cyprus?

• As punishment for marrying Desdemona
• To be the new governor there
• As a honeymoon with Desdemona
• To defend against the Turkish fleet

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How does the Duke feel about Othello?

• He feels Othello is one of his finest men
• He looks down on Othello because of his race
• He questions Othello’s loyalty
• He thinks of Othello as a son

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How does Othello want to settle Brabantio’s claim that he forced Desdemona to marry him?

• He challenges him to a duel
• He begs the Duke to protect him
• He suggests asking Desdemona what happened
• He offers to put himself on trial

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Of whom does Othello say, “He is a man of honesty and trust / To his conveyance I assign my wife”?

• The Duke
• Iago
• Roderigo
• Brabantio

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What does Iago think of love?

• We must tend our love like a garden to make it grow
• We would have no use for living if it were not for love
• Love is really just lust and a weak will
• Love is only for the young; the old are too jaded for it

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How does Iago feel about Othello?

• He despises him
• He distrusts him
• He respects him
• He loves him like a son

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At the end of act I, scene iii, Iago reveals that he plans to _____

• seduce Desdemona
• convince Othello that Desdemona loves Cassio
• make the Duke think Othello is having an affair with his wife
• show the Duke that Othello is not the worthy man the Duke considers him to be

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