Othello Act One- Test Your Knowledge!

What is the original reason Iago is mad at Othello?

• Othello has been talking about him behind his back

• Othello didn't choose him as second in command

• Othello has married Desdemona without telling him

• Iago was expected to become General

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When talking about the marriage between Othello and Desdemona, Iago uses all of the following EXCEPT:

• Light/dark imagery

• Animal imagery

• Nature imagery

• Innocence/experience

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Brabantio thanks Iago and Roderigo for telling him about the marriage

• True

• False

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In regards to the marriage, Brabantio says that Othello:

• bribed Desdemona

• asserted his role as General and took Desdemona

• used him to get to his daughter

• "entranced" his daughter through magic

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Desdemona chooses:

• Othello

• Her father

• Death

• Solitude

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According to Othello, Desdemona fell in love with him because:

• Magic

• She listened to his stories

• He reminds her of her father

• She had no other option

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Desdemona demands to go to Cyprus to be with her husband

• True

• False

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When hearing about the marriage, the Duke:

• determines the marriage is valid

• says that a General can't be married

• announces this is a trial to see if they will last

• orders Desdemona back home

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In his soliloquy, Iago reveals all of the following EXCEPT:

• He is using Roderigo

• He believes Othello had an affair with his wife Emilia

• He thinks Othello is too trusting

• He believes that Cassio would make a better General

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One of my favorite pictures ever! Here is a drawing of an Anthropophagi, a mythological character rumored to exist in the deserts (Othello mentions him in his monologue). This is very important- what would you name him?