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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is awakened by the noise that Roderigo causes during the brawl in the street?
(a) The Duke's wife.
(b) Emilia.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Desdemona.

2. What do Othello and Desdemona do when they meet each other in Cyprus?
(a) Kiss passionately.
(b) Chide each other for scaring the other.
(c) Embrace warmly.
(d) Blush and act embarrassed.

3. What does Iago plan to tell Othello once he is in Cyprus with him?
(a) That Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair.
(b) That the Duke wants him to return to Venice.
(c) That Roderigo is in love with Desdemona.
(d) That Cassio does not deserve his promotion.

4. What is Roderigo's first step toward revenge against Othello when he hears of their marriage?
(a) He tells Brabantio.
(b) He pays a man to kill Othello.
(c) He tells a policeman to arrest Othello.
(d) He plots with Iago to frame Othello for infidelity.

5. While talking to Othello in Act 1, Scene 2, what does Iago pretend that he does not like to do?
(a) Tell lies.
(b) Give orders.
(c) Kill men.
(d) Take orders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the messengers who summons Othello while he is talking to Iago of his love for Desdemona?

2. Who is Brabantio referring to when he says, "It would have been better if she had married even you."

3. Who makes rude comments to the group that Cassio hired to cheer himself up?

4. How does Iago plan to ruin Othello's marriage?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brabantio think Othello got Desdemona to marry him?

2. Why is Brabantio so mad at Othello?

3. When we first see Iago speaking with Othello, what does Iago claim to not be?

4. Why is Othello at the inn when he receives the summons from the Duke?

5. Why is Cassio so worried about Othello when he comes ashore in Cyprus?

6. What does Cassio do to cheer himself up after being punished by Othello for his brawl in the street?

7. What does the message contain that Othello sends out in Act 2, Scene 2?

8. What does Brabantio see that convinces him that Desdemona has eloped?

9. Why is Othello so torn about firing Cassio?

10. What trait in Emilia does Iago mock several times throughout the book?

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