Othello

Iago can be characterized as all of the following EXCEPT:

• deceptive

• sincere

• cruel

• misogynistic

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"I prithee speak to me as to thy thinkings,/As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts/The worst of words." In this sentence, "ruminate" most nearly means:

• ponder deeply

• speak openly

• consider hastily

• explain thoroughly

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Iago says that "I had rather have this tongue cut from my mouth/Than it should do offense to Michael Cassio." In this situation, Iago is:

• honest, displaying that he sincerely struggles to say bad things about Cassio

• shy, struggling to vocalize the story of Cassio's transgressions against Montano

• deceitful, covering up the fact that he really does want to speak ill of Cassio

• elated, rejoicing openly in the fact that he finally gets to speak negatively of Cassio

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Iago's soliloquy makes the audience privy to all of the following EXCEPT:

• his suspicions that Othello slept with Emilia

• his lust for Desdemona

• his anger regarding Cassio's appointment to lieutenant

• his sympathy for Roderigo's unrequited love

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Othello is an outsider in Venetian society because of his:

• military prowess

• aristocratic hertiage

• social manners

• ethnic origins

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Othello referring to Iago as "honest Iago" is an example of:

• dramatic irony

• a metaphor

• internal conflict

• a pun

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Iago uses animal imagery to describe Othello in order to:

• highlight Othello's physical strength

• indicate Othello's fondness for animals

• dehumanize Othello and make him seem savage

• call into question Othello's status in the Venetian military

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When Iago shouts to Brabantio that "an old black ram/Is tupping your white ewe," the black/white color symbolism represents the idea that:

• Othello is corrupting the innocent Desdemona

• Iago believes the relationship would be okay if Desdemona were black

• Brabantio is unconcerned with racial matters

• Desdemona is equally complicit in the "crime" of being with Othello

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Brabantio's anger about Desdemona's marriage to Othello is caused by all of the following EXCEPT:

• his distaste for miscegenation (inter-racial marriage)

• his fear that Othello may be physically abusive

• his belief that Desdemona has been disobedient to him

• his suspicion that Othello used magic to win her affection

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The fact that Desdemona disobeyed her father develops the plot in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

• it establishes the Renaissance view of women as property

• it encourages Othello to think that she has deceived him also

• it solidifies Othello's belief that Desdemona wold never cheat on him

• it shows that Desdemona, in some ways, is not the quintessential obedient woman

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