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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is Iago from?
2. Who makes rude comments to the group that Cassio hired to cheer himself up?
3. What destroyed the Turkish ships that were heading towards Cyprus?
4. To what genre is this play categorized?
5. Why is Roderigo so unhappy about Desdemona's marriage?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Cassio refuse to drink the wine offered him by Iago when they are both on watch on their first night in Cyprus?
2. How does Brabantio think Othello got Desdemona to marry him?
3. Why is Iago so upset with Othello at the beginning of the play?
4. What is the celebration in Act 2, Scene 2 in honor of?
5. What trait in Emilia does Iago mock several times throughout the book?
6. What does the Duke decide to do after he has heard Othello and Brabantio's sides of the case against Othello?
7. What does Emilia tell Cassio when he asks her to put in a good word for him with Desdemona?
8. How did Othello and Desdemona meet?
9. What does Iago plan to make Othello believe after the trial is over?
10. What does Desdemona say when she takes the stand at Othello's trial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Othello asks Desdemona a question before he kills her. What is this question and why does Othello feel it was so necessary? What does this reveal about Othello's character?
Essay Topic 2
Desdemona sings a song that is echoed by Emilia in her death. What is this song? Why is it so significant? Where are the two women when they sing it, and how does it fit the scenes in which it was involved?
Essay Topic 3
Othello endures a crucible of sorts before the end of the tragedy. What lessons does Othello learn through this experience? How does he learn these lessons? How could he have learned these lessons without causing so much grief? Do you think Othello deserved what he got in the end? Why or why not?
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