Othello Questions

setting of Othello

Venice and Cyprus

Othello is a

Muslim/Moor

In the first few acts of Othello, the character Othello is viewed by most as

brave and honorable

Before the play opens, Othello chooses this character as his lieutenant

Cassio

this character is madly in love with Desdemona

Roderigo

Desdemona’s father is

Brabantio

This character receives the lieutenancy from Othello by default

Iago

This quote “O, you are well tuned now,/ But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music,/ As honest as I am” is said by

Iago

This quote, “Her father loved me, oft invited me,/ Still questioned me the story of

my life” is said by

Othello

Iago’s sidekick is

Roderigo

This character is referred to as a “barbary horse”

Othello

This quote O Heaven! How got she out?” is said by

Brabantio

The lines, “Alas, Iago,/What shall I do to win my lord again?”

Desdemona

This quote, “O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away

their brains. / That we should with joy, pleasance, revel, and applause, transform

ourselves into beasts.” is said by

Iago

this quote, “I know Iago

Thy honesty and love doth mince this matter,

Making it light to Cassio. Cassio, I love thee

But never more be officer of mine.” is said by

Othello

The major imagery used by Iago in Othello is

animal

Who is Iago’s imagery in reference to?

Othello

What does Brabantio suspect that Othello has done to Desdemona in order for her

to have fallen for him?

use charms or potions on her

Roderigo is angry with Iago in Act I, scene 1 because he feels that

Iago has not been truthful with him

In Othello, Desdemona is presented as

a naïve, innocent young woman

This character is referred to as a “Spartan Dog” in the last act of the play

Iago

“Reputation, reputation, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the

immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial” is said by

Cassio

Iago says he hates Othello because

he has slept with his wife and made Cassio his lieutenant

He is a gentleman of Cyprus who gets stabbed by Cassio

Montano

How is Iago in the play

28

Desdemona falls in love with Othello because of

his stories

What does Emilia learn about Iago from Othello in Act V?

Iago told Othello that Desdemona was unfaithful

The handkerchief given to Desdemona by Othello was embroidered with

strawberries

What does Othello mean when he says, “I had been happy if the general

camp/…had tasted her sweet body,/So I had nothing known”?

He would not have minded if Desdemona had an affair if

he did not have to know about it

The following quote, “I am not what I am” is said by

Iago