| Who is Desdemona’s father? | Brabantio |
| What is Iagos complaint against Othello in scene 1? | Othello promoted Cassio instead of Iago |
| What is Roderigos complaint against Othello? | Roderigo is in love with Desdemona and Othello has eloped with her |
| Why do Iago and Roderigo wake Brabantio in the middle of the night? | His daughter has just gotten married in secret |
| Brabantio complains to the Duke about Othello’s marriage to Desdemona. After listening to both sides,what is the Duke reply? | He thinks Othello would win his daughter under the same circumstances and tells Brabantio to make the best of the situation |
| Who is in charge of escorting Desdemona to Cyprus? | Iago |
| What best describes Iago? | convincing |
| Where is act 1 set? | Venice |
| What best paraphrase brabantios parting words to Othello? | watch out she lied to me she may lie to you |
| Who said “the moor is of a free and open nature that thinks men honest that but seem to be so and will as tenderly be led by th nose as asses are”? | Iago |
| What does Iago plan to tell Othello once they get to Cyprus? | that Cassio and Desdemona are having an affair |
| Who said “virtue a fig tis in ouselves that we are thus or thus our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are our gardeners”? | Iago |
| Who said ‘judge me the world it is not gross and since that guy has practiced on her without arms abused her delicate youth with drug minerals that we can motion I’ll have it disputed on his probable and palpable to thinking I therefore apprehend and do a tax fee for an abuser of the world a practice of arts and hibited and out of Warrant”? | Brabantio |
| Who said “she loved me for the dangers i had passed and i loved her that she did pity them”? | Othello |
| What first attracted Desdemona to Othello? | the stories he told about his past |
| What is the outcome of the war with the Turks | the war is over because the turkish fleet is deystroyed in the storm |
| Who does arrive at Cyprus with Desdemona? | Iago, Roderick, and Emilia |
| Who is Emilia? | Iago’s wife |
| Of what does Iago convince Roderick ? | That Desdemona and Cassio are lusting for one another |
| Who said “you rise to play and go to bed to work”? | Iago |
| What best summarize Iago view of women? | deceptive, lusty, and manipulative |
| In act 2 scene 3 Iago encorages Cassio to | drink alcohol |
| Whom does Cassio injure in drunken brawl? | Montano |
| What lie did Iago tell Montano about Cassio? | that Cassio has a drinking problem |
| What is the consequence of Cassio behavior in this scene? | he gets fired from his job as Othello lieutenant |
| Why did Othello encourage Desdemona to help him get his job back? | If Desdemona asks Othello to give Cassio his job back it will appear to Othello that she favors him |
| Who said “repeat Tatian repeat Tatian repeat Tatian oh I have lost my reputation I have lost be in mortal part of myself and what remains is the best deal my reputation”? | Cassio |
| Who said “if I can fasten but one cup upon him with that which he had drunk tonight already he’ll be as full of coral and offense as my young mistress dog”? | Iago |
| Who said “gentlemen let’s look to out business do not think gentlemen I am drunk this is my ancient this is my right hand and this is my left I am not drunk now I can stand well enough in speak well enough why very well then you must not think then that I am drunk”? | Cassio |
| Who said” Cassio I love the but never more be officer of mine”? | Othello |
| Desdemona promises Cassio that | She will persistently talk to Othello about giving him his job back |
| IAGO REFERS TO JEALOUSLY AS | the green eyed monster |
| how does Desdemona first lose her handkerchief? | she tries to wrap it around Othello head and drops it |
| How does Iago acquire the handkerchief? | Emilia gives it to him |
| What does Iago plan to do with the handkerchief? | put it in Cassios chamber |
| In act 3 scene 3 Othello tells Iago that he wants | proof of Desdemona infidelity |
| In act 3 scene 3 iago succeeds in | making othello doubt Desdemona faithfulness to him |
| What does Cassio ask Bianca do to at the end of scene 4? | makes a copy of Desdemona handkerchief |
| What is the pattern on Desdemona handkerchief | strawberries |
| Othello makes Iago- | his lieutenant |
| What is Bianca? | Cassio lover |
| What is an example of evidence offered by Iago to Othello? | Desdemona s unexplained absence the night before |
| Iago tells Othello that he has has been unable to sleep at night because- | the fleet |
| Who said “if I do vow a friendship ill perform it to the last article my Lord shall never rest I’ll watch him tame and talk him out of patienge his bed something a school his board a shift with cassio therefore by Merry Cassio for the solicitor shall rather die than give die than give thy Cause way”? | Desdemona |
| Who said “villian be sure thou prove my love a wh**** be sure of it give me the ocular proof or by the words of man’s Eternal Soul thou hadst been better have been born a dog can answer my naked wrath”? | Othello |
| WHAT HAPPENS TO OTHELLO IN ACT 4 SCENE 1 , WHEN IAGO IS TALKING TO HIM ABOUT CASSIO AND DESDEMONA? | Othello faints |
| Othello believes they are talking about Desdemona but they are actually talking about- | Emilia |
| Iago tells Roderigo that they must act quickly to get rid of Cassio because Othello is going to take Desdemona- | Mauritania |
| What orders does Lodovico bring to othello From the Duke? | Othello must leave Cyprus and leave Cassio in charge |
| During the fight at the beginning of act5, scene 1 and the ensuing chaos, who does not survive? | Roderigo |
| Who does Cassio think stabbed him in the leg? | He didn’t see and is unsure |
| Who actually stabbed Cassio in the leg? | Iago |
| As Othello is standing above Desdemona, preparing to kill her, she awakens and he asks her a question. What does he ask? | He ask if she has prayed |
| How does Othello kill Desdemona? | He smothers her with a pillow |
| What does Desdemona say just before she dies? | That she killed herself |
| How does Emilia die? | Iago stabs her |
| What does Othello do after his final speech? | Kills himself |
| Who said ” demand me nothing what you know you know from this time forth I will never speak a word”? | Iago |
| Who was responsible for revealing Iagos Plot? | Emilia |
| In the final scene, Gratiano reveals that who has died? | Brabantio |
| Who speaks the final line in the play? | Lodovico |
| Shakespeare was married to | Anne Hathaway |
| Two years after the birth of his first daughter, Susanna, Shakespeare’s wife gave birth to twins named- | Hamnet and Judith |
| In 1594, shakespeare became a charter member of a theatrical group called | The Lord Chamberlain’s Men |
| How were actors looked at during Shakespeare’s time? | They were looked down on,like beggars or hoboes |
| Why did London theaters close during 1592 to 1594? | The plague was spreading through london |
| The traveling acting and companies of England would often set up their stages and performed or plays | In the courtyard of inns |
| The theater where Shakespeare’s greatest players were performed was called | The Globe |
| How did the theater get destroyed? | An accidental fire started during a performance |
| What best describe the search used in Shakespeare’s plays? | Simple and mostly bare |
| What was the upper stage of the rear of the stage called? | The Heavans |
| How was it conveyed to the audience that a scene was set during night time? | The actors carried torches |
| In Shakespeare’s time all actors were | Male |
| A line of formal verse is usually divided into what are called “poetic _________” | Feet |
| The verse in Shakespeare’s plays is written in | Iambic pentameter |
| The archaic pronouns are thee/thou/thy/thine were used to address | Someone familiar to the speaker or a servant |
| We celebrate a special birthday on the same day that he died . What date is that? | April 23 1564 |
| Word for a man whose wife is cheated on him | Cuckled |
| Iagos position at the beginning of the play | Ancient |
| This stage direction is used when a character is not speaking to the other characters on stage the other characters do not hear | Aside |
| Iago claims Cassio _________ in his sleep | Kissed him |
| She experienced character that comes out during moments of great tension in the play in order to provide some comic relief | Clown |
| ” So will i turn her ____________ into a pitch” | virtue |
| Who is Desdemonas attendant? | Emilia |
| Bianca’s profession | courtesian |
| Emilia about men:”They eat us{women} hungerly and when they ______________us” | belch |
| Cassios position at the beginning of the play | lieutenant |
| Desdemona says she rather lose her purse of _______________ than lose her handkerchief. | crusadoes |
| Familiar pronoun meaning “you” | thee |
| After Cassio gets fired he is most upset about | his reputation |
| Interjection meaning of “pray you” | prithea |
| Othello says there is magic in the ___________of it | web |
| Contraction of “it was” | twas |
| Contraction for “it is” | tis |
| Ironic term used to describe Iago | honest |
| THe city Michael Cassio is orginally from | Florence |
| Othello says he wont succumb to jealously until | proof |
| What is a sign of amorous disposition? | a moist hand |
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August 13, 2019