Othello Exam Review

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:

• speak openly

• consider hastily

• ponder deeply

• 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:

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

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

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

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

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Iago’s soliloquies over the course of the play make the audience privy to all of the following EXCEPT:

• his anger regarding Cassio’s appointment to lieutenant

• his lust for Desdemona

• his suspicions that Othello slept with Emilia

• his sympathy for Roderigo’s unrequited love

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Othello is an outsider in Venetian society because of his:

• military prowess

• aristocratic heritage

• social manners

• ethnic origins

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Othello referring to Iago as “honest Iago” is an example of:

• a pun

• a simile

• a metaphor

• dramatic irony

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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 and beneath others

• 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:

• Brabantio is unconcerned with racial matters

• Iago believes the relationship would be okay if Othello were white

• Othello is corrupting the innocent Desdemona

• 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 belief that Desdemona has been disobedient to him

• his distaste for interracial marriage

• his fear that Othello may be physically abusive

• 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 proves to the audience that Desdemona's motives aren't always pure

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

• it establishes the Renaissance view of women as property

• it shows that Desdemona, in some ways, is not the “ideal” obedient woman

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