Othello

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The Tragedy of Othello: Moor of Venice

Directions: Multiple choice. 2 points each. Match the quote with the speaker. Notice that some of the letters are used for different people.

A. Othello B. Iago C. Cassio D. Desdemona E. Emilia

• “And it is thought abroad that ‘twixt my sheets H’as done my office.”
• “I have drunk but one cup tonight, and that was craftily qualified too;….I am unfortunate in the infirmity and dare not task my weakness with any more.”
• “It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.”
• “’Tis not a year or two shows us a man. They are all but stomachs, and we all but food;”
• “Cassio did top her. Ask thy husband else.”
• “Excellent wretch! Perdition catch my soul / But I do love thee! And when I love thee not, / Chaos is come again.”
• “Reputation, reputation, reputation! O I have lost my reputation! / I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.”
• “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving. You have lost no reputation at all unless you repute yourself such a loser,”
• “Demand me nothing. What you know, you know. From this time forth I never will speak word.”
• “Put out the light, then put out the light. If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore…but once put out thy light…”
• “Willow, willow, willow,--Moor, she was chaste; she loved thee, cruel Moor; So come my soul to bliss, as I speak true; So speaking as I think, I die, I die.”
• “I think it freely; and betimes in the morning I will beseech the virtuous Desdemona to undertake for me: I am desperate of my fortunes if they cheque me here.”
• “A guiltless death I die.”
• “I am not what I am.”
• “Good gentlemen, let me have leave to speak: 'Tis proper I obey him, but not now.”
• “Put money in thy purse; follow thou the wars; defeat thy favour with an usurped beard; I say, put money in thy purse.”
• “She loved me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I loved her that she did pity them. This only is the witchcraft I have used: Here comes the lady; let her witness it.”
• Which two characters tell Brabantio of his daughter’s marriage? A) Othello and Desdemona B) Lodovico and Gratiano C) Emilia and Iago D) Iago and Roderigo
• The setting of Act I is __________, and the setting of Acts II through V is ____________. A) Venice; Cyprus B) Venice; Florence C) Venice; Turkey D) Florence; Cyprus
• The three governors of Cyprus, in order of appointment, are A) Cassio, Othello, Montano B) Montano, Othello, Cassio C) Othello, Cassio, Montano
• The “old black ram is tupping your white ewe” is an example of ____________ imagery. A) sexual B) animal C) black vs. white D) all of these
• Iago plays the ________ card against Othello in Act I and the ________ card against him in Acts II – V. A) adultery; race B) coward; old age C) race; cuckold D) cuckold; race
• The first major sign foreshadowing the chaos that is to come on Cyprus is the __________ in Act II. A) fight B) storm C) murder D) drunkenness
• Which of the following epithets is most commonly applied to Iago throughout the play? A) “honest” B) “devil” C) “stubborn” D) “deceitful”
• What, according to Iago, is the “green-eyed monster”? A) envy B) greed C) sexual desire D) jealousy

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