Othello Test

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

Cassio

2. Who does Iago describe as “a mere arithmetician”?

Cassio

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

“Done my office”

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

reputation

5. Who sees before her “a divided duty”?

Desdemona

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

to become someone else

7. Who is of “a free and open nature”?

Othello

8. What, according to Iago, is “the curse of service”? “That preferment goes by letter and affection and not by old gradation”

9. 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

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

“a world of sighs”

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

passing strange, wondrous pitiful

12. What is the condition of Othello’s bark?

stoutly timbered

13. What does Iago say women are born to do?

to suckle fools and chronicle small beer

14. What does Iago urge Roderigo to do after that “trash of Venice” finds out Othello and Desdemona are married?

“abuse him to the moor”

15. After Othello is woken by the fight between Cassio and Montano, what does the Moor say now “assays to lead the way”?

passion

16. Who is the “general’s general”?

Desdemona

17. Who does Iago describe as a “proper” man?

Cassio

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

to make women false

19. As Cassio seeks to repair his fortune with Othello through the intercession of Desdemona, what shall Iago be doing (“”)?

pouring pestilence in his ear

20. Where, according to Desdemona, does Cassio languish?

in Othello’s displeasure

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

chaos

22. According to Iago, “men should be…”?

what they seem

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

good name in man and woman

24. Of what does Iago warn Othello to beware of?

jealousy

25. What is “the green

eyed monster”? What is its custom?

26. According to Iago, what is it to be rich?

poor and content

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

the pranks they dare not show their husbands

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

confirmations strong as holy writ

29. What part of Othello “has gone”?

his occupation

30. According to Othello, what makes “ambition virtue”?

the tranquil mind, content, pluméd troops and big wars

31. What kind of proof does Othello demand of Iago?

ocular proof

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

the door of truth

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

food

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

jealous men

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

Desdemona

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

Cassio

37. For what might Emilia betray her husband?

the world

38. According to Othello, why must Desdemona die?

else she betray more men

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

not wisely but too well

40. To what is Othello referring when he reflects: “Here is my journey's end, here is my butt/And very sea

mark of my utmost sail.”

41. How does Othello want to be remembered, primarily?

of one who loved not wisely but too well

42. What shall “manifest” Othello “rightly?

his parts, title, and perfect soul

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

“from men of royal siege”

44. What type of “cuckold lives in bliss”?

who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger”

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

poor indeed