Othello | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Act 1, Scene 1

1. What are Iago and Roderigo discussing as the first scene opens?

2. Why is Roderigo so unhappy about Desdemona's marriage?

3. Why is Iago so upset with Othello at the beginning of the play?

4. What does Iago plan to do to get revenge on Othello?

5. What does Brabantio find that convinces him his daughter really has escaped to get married?

6. What is Roderigo's first step toward revenge against Othello when he hears of their marriage?

7. What is so different about Desdemona and Othello's relationship?

8. How is Brabantio related to Desdemona?

9. How do Iago and Roderigo wake up Brabantio to tell him of the marriage?

10. Why...
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