Othello Study Guide: Key Characters, Plot Summary, and Analysis, Exams of Literature

Download Othello Study Guide: Key Characters, Plot Summary, and Analysis and more Exams Literature in PDF only on Docsity! Othello Test Study Guide exam test with the best marking scheme of 2024  Othello - Correct answer A Moorish general in the Venetian army; main character/Governor of Cyprus; Jealousy is his fatal flaw  Desdemona - Correct answer Othello's wife  Brabantio - Correct answer Desdemona's father; a Venetian senator  Iago - Correct answer Othello's "ancient"; villain of the play and master manipulator  Emilia - Correct answer Iago's wife; Desdemona's attendant  Cassio - Correct answer Othello's second in command/lieutenant; has a major drinking problem  Roderigo - Correct answer Iago's pawn. In love with Desdemona. Supposed to kill Cassio  Lodovico - Correct answer Venetian gentleman; kinsmen to Brabantio. Witnessed Othello striking Desdemona  Gratiano - Correct answer Venetian gentleman & kinsman to Brabantio;  Montano - Correct answer Official in Cyprus that is stabbed by Cassio when Cassio gets drunk  Bianca - Correct answer Prostitute that Cassio has a relationship with  What was Iago's complaint in Act 1 Scene I? - Correct answer Othello made Cassio lieutenant instead of him  Why did Iago and Roderigo awaken Brabantio in the middle of the night? - Correct answer To tell him Desdemona has eloped with Othello  Why did Iago leave Roderigo at Brabantio's house? - Correct answer To conceal his identity so no one knew he told Brabantio about the marriage; to warn Othello in order to gain favor with him  What was Brabantio's reaction to Othello's marriage to Desdemona? - Correct answer He doesn't approve and believes Othello has bewitched Desdemona.  Why did the Duke send for Othello? - Correct answer He wants Othello to go to Cyprus and stop the Turkish fleet that is preparing to attack it.  What does the Duke tell Brabantio about Othello and Desdemona's marriage? - Correct answer He thinks Othello is a good man and that the couple is in love so Brabantio should accept it.  What was Roderigo's complaint and what was Iago's reply? - Correct answer Roderigo complains that Desdemona doesn't love him and that he doesn't want to live without her. Iago tells him to "put money in thy purse" and come with him to Cyprus to get her back.  Why did Iago want Roderigo to anger Cassio? - Correct answer He believes the fight will disgrace Cassio and get him in trouble with Othello.  What was the purpose of Iago's plan? - Correct answer To get Cassio fired so Iago can get the title. He wants to get back at Othello.  Why did Iago want Cassio to drink more wine? - Correct answer Because Cassio has a drinking problem and will be easier to disgrace while drunk.  What lie did Iago tell Montano about Cassio? - Correct answer He cares for Cassio and wants to help him with his severe drinking problem, because he is drunk all the time.  Why did Othello strip Cassio of his rank? - Correct answer Because Cassio got into a drunken fight with Montano and stabbed him.  Why did Iago want Cassio to ask Desdemona for help in restoring Othello's faith in Cassio? - Correct answer So he could make Othello believe Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair.  Why didn't Iago tell Othello right away that Cassio and Desdemona were having an affair? - Correct answer He needed concrete proof; he wanted to make Othello suffer; didn't want to be caught in a lie.  How was Desdemona faithful to Othello to the end? - Correct answer She didn't tell Emilia that it was Othello who killed her.  What was Emilia's reaction when Othello told her that Iago had revealed Desdemona's affair with Cassio to him? - Correct answer She was shocked, confused, and in disbelief because there was no affair and that Iago was involved, until Iago confirmed it.  Who told the truth about Iago? - Correct answer Emilia  What happened to Othello, Iago, and Cassio in the end? - Correct answer Othello: kills himself  Iago: gets caught, stabbed by Othello, and will be punished for his crimes by Cassio; he gets nothing that he wanted  Cassio: Promoted to General, gets everything Othello had and Iago wanted  "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father and may thee" - Correct answer Brabantio  "I am not what I am" - Correct answer Iago  "Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial" - Correct answer Cassio  "When devils will the blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows, As I do now." - Correct answer Iago  "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on; that cuckold lives in bliss" - Correct answer Iago  "What did you mean by that same handkerchief you gave me even now? I was a fine fool to take it. I must take out the work?--A likely piece of work, that you should find it in your chamber, and not know who left it there! This is some minx's token." - Correct answer Bianca  "We cannot all be master, nor all masters Cannot be truly followed." - Correct answer Iago  "But here's my husband And so much duty as my mother showed To you, preferring you before her father" - Correct answer Desdemona  "You rise to play, and go to bed to work." - Correct answer Iago  "Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul But I do love thee! And when I love thee not Chaos is come again" - Correct answer Othello