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Othello Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. What is announced in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) A wedding.
(b) An invasion.
(c) A mass feast.
(d) A trial.

2. Who does Iago choose to be his main pawn in his plan to get revenge against Othello?
(a) Cassio.
(b) Desdemona.
(c) Roderigo.
(d) His wife.

3. What is so different about Desdemona and Othello's relationship?
(a) Desdemona is much older then Othello.
(b) Desdemona has alread been married twice.
(c) Othello is a black man and Desdemona is a white woman.
(d) Othello has been promised to another woman for years.

4. Who does Cassio fight with on his first night in Cyprus?
(a) Roderigo.
(b) Iago.
(c) Miltano.
(d) Montano.

5. What do Cassio and Iago discuss while they are on watch together their first night in Cyprus?
(a) How much they hate Othello.
(b) How lovely Desdemona is.
(c) How sweet the marriage between Othello and Desdemona is.
(d) How much they admire Othello.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who seems to be the only man of stature and honor in the room while Brabantio is raving in the inn?

2. What does the Duke do after hearing both Brabantio and Othello's sides of the story?

3. Why does Brabantio think Othello has the power of bewitchment?

4. What does Brabantio do when he hears that Desdemona really does love Othello?

5. Who does Cassio hire to cheer himself up after his embarrassment on his first night in Cyrpus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Duke of Cyprus feel about Othello?

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

3. Why is Roderigo so unhappy about Othello's marriage?

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

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

6. What does Desdemona say when she takes the stand at Othello's trial?

7. What does Iago plan to make Othello believe after the trial is over?

8. What does Roderigo suggest that he and Iago do to try and stop the marriage between Othello and Desdemona?

9. Why is Brabantio so mad at Othello?

10. Why does Othello compare Montano and Cassio to Turks on their first night in Cyrpus?

(see the answer keys)

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