Kelly Eng III H Othello Test

Who is “a fellow almost damned in a fair wife”?

Cassio

Who does Iago describe as “a mere arithmetician”?

Cassio

What does Iago suspect Othello has done ‘twixt his sheets”?

his office

What does Cassio describe as the “immortal part of himself”?

his reputation

Who sees before her “a divided duty”?

Desdemona

Why might Iago “wear my heart upon my sleeve for daws to peck at”?

to express his belief that showing true emotions is foolish and makes one vulnerable to being taken advantage of

Who is of “a free and open nature”?

Othello

What, according to Iago, is “the curse of service”?

Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old gradation.

In his conversation with a demoted Cassio, how does Iago define one’s reputation?

An idle and most false imposition, oft got without merit and lost without deserving.

What did Desdemona give Othello for his life’s story?

A world of kisses

How “strange” is Othello’s story to Desdemona?, how “pitiful”?

passing strange and wondrous pitiful

What is the condition of Othello’s bark?

stoutly timbered

What does Iago say women are born to do?

suckle fools and chronicle small beers

What does Iago urge Roderigo to do after that “trash of Venice” finds out Othello and

Desdemona are married?

Sell his lands and follow them to Cyprus

After Othello is woken by the fight between Cassio and Montano, what does the Moor say

now “assays to lead the way”?

passion

Who is the “general’s general”?

Desdemona

Who does Iago describe as a “proper” man?

Cassio

What does Iago believe Cassio is “framed to do”?

make women false

As Cassio seeks to repair his fortune with Othello through the intercession of Desdemona,

what shall Iago be doing (“”)?

pour this pestilence into his ear

Where, according to Desdemona, does Cassio languish?

Othello’s displeasure

According to Othello, what “is come again” should he fall out of love with Desdemona?

chaos

According to Iago, “men should be…”?

what they seem

What, according to Iago, is the “immediate jewel [of Othello’s] soul”?

his name (good name of man and woman)

Of what does Iago warn Othello to beware of?

jealousy

What is “the green-eyed monster”? What is its custom?

jealousy, it doth mock the meat it feeds on

According to Iago, what is it to be rich?

to be poor and content

According to Iago, what do the women let God see that they won’t let their husbands see?

the pranks

According to Iago, how do the jealous react to “trifles light as air”?

Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. (they will think them to be undeniable pieces of evidence)

What part of Othello “has gone”?

his occupation

According to Othello, what makes “ambition virtue”?

wars

What kind of proof does Othello demand of Iago?

ocular

To where will “imputation and strong circumstances” lead Othello?

the door of truth

According to Emilia, “men are all stomachs” and women are?

food

What, according to Emilia, is “a monster begot upon itself, born on itself”?

jealousy

Whose honor “is an essence that’s not seen”?

Desdemona

Who “hath a daily beauty in his life” that makes Iago feel ugly?

Cassio

For what might Emilia betray her husband?

the whole world

According to Othello, why must Desdemona die?

1 - else she’ll betray more men

2 - I will kill thee and love thee after

How, according to Othello, has the Moor loved Desdemona?

not wisely but too well

To what is Othello referring when he reflects: “Here is my journeys end, here is my

butt/And very sea-mark of my utmost sail.”

his imminent death

How does Othello want to be remembered, primarily?

As a good general who defended the Venetian state

What shall “manifest” Othello rightly?

his parts, his title, and his perfect soul

according to Iago, love is merely “what”?

a lust of the blood and permission of the will

From whom does Othello “fetch [his] life”?

men of royal siege

What type of “cuckold lives in bliss”?

the one Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger;

How poor are “riches fineless” if that rich man always fears becoming poor?

poor as winter

Define shakespearean tragedy

Tracks a man of noble births suffering a reversal of fortune through misjudgment that is a consequence of his flaws

In what “double knavery” will Iago engage in order to take Cassio’s place?

convince Othello she is cheating

What is the point of Iago’s “virtue a fig” speech and what is the “new” Elizabethan philosophy related to it?

Point is that men have the power to do great things and be virtuous. Humanism

How many months have passed since Othello was last in battle?

9

How old is Iago?

28

What “kind of beard” does Iago advise Rodrigo to wear?

usurped

Who does Iago call a “counter-caster”

Cassio

In an exchange with Roderigo, what does “wit” depend on?

dilatory time

Who is of “so free, so kind, so apt, so blessed a disposition”?

Desdemona

What advice does Iago give Cassio in the lieutenant’s pursuit to regain his office?

To go talk to Desdemona to get her to put in a good word for him to Othello

What kind of tale will Othello deliver?

round and unvarnished

Cassio has "lost the immortal part of” himself “and what remains is______."

bestial