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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. What is Cassio most worried about after his punishment?
2. What does Roderigo want to do after the trial is over and the marriage was declared legitimate?
3. Who has declared the big event for Act 2, Scene 2?
4. While speaking with Iago in Act 1, Scene 2, what does Othello say he would never give up for Desdemona?
5. What does Iago think of a woman's opinion?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the message contain that Othello sends out in Act 2, Scene 2?
2. What does Othello do when he sees Cassio's deplorable behavior on his first night in Cyprus?
3. Why is Iago so upset with Othello at the beginning of the play?
4. How did Othello and Desdemona meet?
5. Why is Othello at the inn when he receives the summons from the Duke?
6. What does Emilia tell Cassio when he asks her to put in a good word for him with Desdemona?
7. How does the Duke of Cyprus feel about Othello?
8. Why does Cassio refuse to drink the wine offered him by Iago when they are both on watch on their first night in Cyprus?
9. Why is Roderigo so unhappy about Othello's marriage?
10. Why is Othello so torn about firing Cassio?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Othello is a black man in power. How does this major feature about him affect the people around him? What are people's first impressions of him? Does his skin color change the way people think about him? Why or why not? Make sure you support your answers with examples from the text.
Essay Topic 2
What role does the handkerchief play in the story and/or what does it symbolize? How is the plot altered by the presence of the handkerchief?
Essay Topic 3
Iago uses many different lies to complete his horrible goals. What are some of these lies, and how did they poison the characters who heard them?
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