brabantio | what is the name of desdamona’s father? |
roderigo | what is the name of the rejected suitor to desdamona that iago uses for his own purposes? |
venice | where is act 1 set |
turks | who are the venetians afraid will attack? |
cyprus | on what island will the attack take place? |
magic spell, potion, drugs, etc. | how does desdamona’s father say othello got her to fall in love with him? |
he became lieutenant/didn’t get promotion and iago is secretly a racist | give 2 reasons iago gives for hating othello |
jewel | what word does desdamona’s father use for her that suggests she’s a precious possession? |
he is demoted from being lieutenant | what is cassio’s punishment for his part in the fight with montano |
Iago | who says I am not what I am |
iago | who said look to her Moor if thou hast eyes to see. she has deceived her father, and may thee |
iago | who says put money in thy purse |
roderigo | who is iago speaking to when he said put money in thy purse |
iago | who says your daughter and the moor are making the beast with two backs |
cassio | who says oh god that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains |
iago | who says you see this fellow that is gone before?/he;s a souldier fit to stand by caesar/and give direction |
cassio | who is being spoke of in the quote you see this fellow that is gone before?/he;s a souldier fit to stand by caesar/and give direction |
false only in sililoques | true/false iago speaks entirely in blank verse |
false went down in a storm | true/false the attack that the senate feared is beaten back by the venetians in a fierce battle |
true | true/false iago tells montana that cassio gets drunk on a nightly basis |
true | iago plans to make othello jealous of desdamona’s relationship with cassio |
true | true/false othello tells the senate that desdamona fell in love with him for his stories of sadness and bravery |
montano | what is the name of the cyprus official who cassio stabbed? |
bianca | what is the name of the woman in cyprus who loves cassio? |
hankerchief | what was othello’s first gift to desdamona? |
belonged to othello’s mom handed it down it has a spell on it because if you keep it in your possession your marriage will be good if you lose it your marriage will be lost too | what does othello say was special about the hankerchief? |
cassio | who does othello order iago to kill? |
jewels (except iago is pocketing jewels) | what has roderigo given iago to give desdamona? |
strangling her and kill her in the bed she is betraying you in you feel the life go out of them | when othello suggest poisoning desdamona what does iago suggest instead? |
couplet | two rhyming lines |
cassio (iago doesn’t want blood on his hands/ othello and desdamona are planning on going back to venice you have a chance to get rid of one person) | who does iago ask roderigo to kill |
iago | who says she did decieve her father marrying you and when she seemed to shake and fear your looks she loved them most |
brabanchio (desdamona’s father) | who is being echoed in the quote she did decieve her father marrying you and when she seemed to shake and fear your looks she loved them most |
green-eyed monster (green eyed monster is jealousy) | fill in the missing words o, beware my lord of jealousy it is the (blank blank blank) which doth mock the meat it feeds on |
iago has spent so much time to make othello jealous and he has to be calm and warn othello jealousy plays with you | when iago says o, beware my lord of jealousy it is the green-eyes monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on to othello explain the irony |
desdamona | who sings sing all a green willow must be my garland let nobody blame him his scorn i approve |
song of death loss and grief she is going to die soon | explain the forshadowing of when desdamona sings the green willow song |
emilia | who says but i do think it is their husbands faults if wives do fall (women are going to cheat if husbands do) |
false because he didnt want othello to see him he is embarrassed | true/false cassio sneaks off after talking with desdamona because he doesn’t want othello to know about the affair |
true | true/false desdamona is the personification of loyalty and innocence |
false | true/false roderigo has an epileptic fit |
false | true/false lodovico is the duke of venice’s name |
true | true/false othello is commanded to return to venice |
true | true/false iago hints that it is common for women in venice to be unfaithful to their husbands |
false because she stayed true to him and loved him to the very end | true/false desdamona says she has stopped loving othello because he is so cruel |
false | true/false emilia says women do not have the same desires as men |
true | true/false desdamona seems to accept her impending doom |
cyprus | where are the rest of the acts set |
blank verse | unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter |
iambic pentameter | 10 syllables in a line 5 stressed 5 unstressed |
2 | how many syllables are in a foot? |
soliloque | actor comes on stage by himself and utters words all alone to talk about what is happening (in othello what evil iago is planning) |
aside | when actors on stage in middle of action and turns head to audience to due them in on something (desdamonda uses an aside when she arrived at the island and othello isnt there yet and iago is telling dirty jokes to try to lighten the mood and she turns to audience and says im daking being happy im just scared and nervous |
rhyme scheme | ABAB (every other line rhymes) |
dramatic irony | when we know more than what the characters actually know |
situational irony | when you expect one thing to happen then the opposite actually happens |
metaphor | comparison of two things |
simile | comparison of two things using like or as |
prose | everyday language |
hyperbole | an exaggeration |
oxymoron | two words right after another convey a whole new meaning |
parodoxes in othello | love/hate, youth/age, black/white, loyalty/betrayal, chastity/wantonness |
1604 | when was othello written |
Othello quizzes
July 23, 2019