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WorksheetsOthello Vocabulary & Background
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
High-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.
a)
bombast
b)
eloquence
c)
diction
d)
enunciation
2.
An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
a)
insult
b)
flattery
c)
epithet
d)
trait
3.
Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
a)
platitude
b)
attentive
c)
humble
d)
obsequious
4.
A dishonest or unscrupulous man.
a)
knave
b)
joker
c)
reliant
d)
provender
5.
Cause to feel angry or excited; bring out of sleep; awaken.
a)
heighten
b)
vex
c)
rouse
d)
lull
6.
Something that causes annoyance, frustration, or worry.
a)
vexation
b)
stress
c)
harrassment
d)
placate
7.
Feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire.
a)
perverse
b)
lascivious
c)
gimcrack
d)
pernicious
8.
Othello is based on a play that was written in which country?
a)
Cyprus
b)
Rome
c)
Turkey
d)
Italy
9.
Although Othello is the main character, which character actually has the most lines in the play, in an effort to show his/her degree of manipulation?
a)
Cassio
b)
Desdemona
c)
Iago
d)
Roderigo
10.
Which object is mentioned as being a symbol in the play?
a)
Othello's sword
b)
The willow tree
c)
The strawberry handkerchief
d)
Desdemona's red scarf
11.
Which is the most dominant theme in the play?
a)
The power of jealousy
b)
Racism
c)
The quest for power
d)
None of the above
12.
Why is Othello typically portrayed as a black man?
a)
Moors are Muslim
b)
It lends to the depth of the story
c)
All Moors have a dark complextion
d)
It explains their jealousy
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