Othello Test Review

Question 1

In literature, a reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance

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allusion

Question 2

When Lodovico sees Othello's anger, he believes that the cause is--

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the letter Othello has received calling him home to Venice

Question 3

Othello looks at Iago's feet at the end of the play--

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to see if he has the devil's cleft feet

Question 4

Type of irony where there's a difference between what is expected to happen in a situation and what actually occurs

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situational irony

Question 5

According to Emilia, wives cheat on their husbands because--

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husbands don't do their duties to their wives or are jealous

Question 6

The character defect that causes the downfall of the protagonist of a tragedy

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tragic flaw

Question 7

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have

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pun

Question 8

The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself, especially by a character in a play

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soliloquy

Question 9

Speaker?: "I told him what I thought, and told no more"

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Iago

Question 10

The turning point of the story

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climax

Question 11

Part of the plot in which events and complications begin to resolve; comes after the climax of the story

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falling action

Question 12

The part of the plot that comes between the exposition and rising action and begins the main conflict of the story

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inciting force

Question 13

Poetic meter that consists of ten syllables per line with a pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables

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iambic pentameter

Question 14

A character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character

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foil

Question 15

A long speech by one actor in a play

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monologue

Question 16

The beginning of the play is set in

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Venice

Question 17

What token is Emilia glad to get for Iago?

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Desdemona's handkerchief

Question 18

Speaker?: "So please your Grace, my Ancient,/A man he is of honest and trust,/To his conveyance I assign my wife"

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Othello

Question 19

Unrhymed iambic pentameter is known as

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blank verse

Question 20

At the end of Act I, scene iii, Iago reveals that he plans to--

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convince Othello that Desdemona loves Cassio

Question 21

A literary character who makes a judgment error that inevitably leads to his own destruction

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tragic hero

Question 22

What is Lodovico surprised to see Othello do?

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strike Desdemona

Question 23

To imbue objects with a certain meaning that is different from their original meaning or function

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symbolism

Question 24

The part of the plot which comes after the falling action and provides the solution to a complication of the plot

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resolution

Question 25

Speaker?: "Do not chide, I have a thing for you"

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Emilia

Question 26

Type of irony where a speaker says something that is opposite to the truth or how the speaker really feels

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verbal irony

Question 27

Who is NOT dead at the end of the play?

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Cassio

Question 28

A seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement that when investigated or explained may prove to be true

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paradox

Question 29

A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters

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aside

Question 30

Type of irony where the audience knows information that the characters do not know

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dramatic irony

Question 31

Speaker?: "They are not ever jealous for the cause,/But jealous for they are jealous. Tis a monster/Begot upon itself"

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Emilia

Question 32

A figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole ("all hands on deck" for example)

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synecdoche

Question 33

A figure of speech that replaces the name of a thing with the name of something else with which it is closely associated

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metonymy

Question 34

Which character is the LEAST involved in Iago's plot?

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The Duke of Venice

Question 35

Polite, indirect expressions that replace phrases considered harsh and impolite, or which suggest something unpleasant

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euphemism

Question 36

The part of the plot that introduces the characters and setting

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exposition

Question 37

Which word does NOT describe Iago?

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sincere

Question 38

Who kills Roderigo?

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Iago

Question 39

A stressed and unstressed syllabic pattern in a verse, or within the lines of a poem

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meter

Question 40

Whom does Iago say might be to blame for Cassio's being attacked?

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Bianca

Question 41

Othello asks Desdemona to pray because he--

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doesn't want to kill her when her soul is unprepared

Question 42

How does the Duke feel about Othello?

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He feels Othello is one of his finest men

Question 43

Whom do Iago and Othello see "stealing away" from the castle?

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Cassio

Question 44

An image, sound, action, etc. that has a symbolic significance, and contributes toward the development of a theme

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motif

Question 45

Who is the speaker?: "I am not what I am"

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Iago

Question 46

Part of the plot which occurs when a series of events build up to the climax

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rising action

Question 47

Speaker?: "Oh, damned Iago! Oh inhuman dog!"

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Roderigo

Question 48

How does Iago suggest Othello kill Desdemona?

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by strangulation in her bed

Question 49

Who fights in Act II, scene iii?

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Montano and Cassio

Question 50

To whom or what does Othello compare himself in his final speech?

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a base Indian who threw away a pearl

Othello Test Review

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Othello Test Review

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