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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cassio describe Desdemona to the Duke of Cyprus?
(a) She is crafty and conniving as evidenced by her elopement.
(b) She is simple and sweet.
(c) She is a gold digger looking for wealth and power.
(d) She is too wonderful for poets to describe.

2. What does Iago swear to do to Othello and Desdemona's 'fine tuned' love?
(a) Increase the harmony.
(b) Make them both sing solos.
(c) Fill their lives with dischord.
(d) Put it to rest.

3. How do Iago and Roderigo wake up Brabantio to tell him of the marriage?
(a) They knock on the door.
(b) They rush into the house after the doorman opens the door.
(c) They sneak into his bedroom.
(d) They knock on his window while he is sleeping.

4. Why does Brabantio think Othello has the power of bewitchment?
(a) He has seen Othello do it to others.
(b) He is a moor.
(c) Iago told him this.
(d) This is widely rumored about Othello.

5. What does Cassio call himself after he has been punished for his brawl in the street of Cyprus?
(a) No more than a man.
(b) A beggar.
(c) A fool.
(d) A beast.

6. Where are the Turks heading at the beginning of the play?
(a) Venice.
(b) London.
(c) Cyprus.
(d) Verona.

7. Who makes rude comments to the group that Cassio hired to cheer himself up?
(a) A musician.
(b) A lord.
(c) A beggar boy.
(d) The clown.

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

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

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

11. What destroyed the Turkish ships that were heading towards Cyprus?
(a) A mutinous attack.
(b) A storm.
(c) A hidden coral reef.
(d) Othello's crew.

12. Who is one of the messengers who summons Othello while he is talking to Iago of his love for Desdemona?
(a) Brabantio.
(b) General Stringham.
(c) Roderigo.
(d) Cassio.

13. What drives the plot of this play?
(a) The choices of the characters.
(b) The crises of the society.
(c) The historical events.
(d) The whims of the narrator.

14. Who does Iago reveal his entire plan to after everyone else leaves the Duke's court in Cyprus?
(a) Roderigo.
(b) The audience.
(c) The Duke.
(d) Cassio.

15. Who is Brabantio referring to when he says, "It would have been better if she had married even you."
(a) Cassio.
(b) Roderigo.
(c) Iago.
(d) Roberto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iago think he should have been promoted instead of Cassio?

2. How did Desdemona and Othello spend their time when they were falling in love before their marriage?

3. After Othello sets Iago and Cassio on the watch, who does he leave with on his first night in Cyprus?

4. What do Othello and Desdemona do when they meet each other in Cyprus?

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

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