Othello: Acts I & II

Iago’s reaction to Othello’s appointing Cassio to be his second in command is 

Who Says: “Keep up your bright swords,for the dew will rust them”  

“O,you are well tuned now! But I’ll set down the pegs that make this music, As honest as I am” 

Ensue means: 

Comeon, come on! You are pictures out ofdoors, Bells in your parlors, wildcats in your kitchen 

“You see this fellow that is gone before. He is a soldier fit to stand by Caesar”

Inordinate means: 

Who says the following: “I follow him to serve my turn upon him” 

Let him do his spite. My services which I have done the Signiory Shallout-tongue his complaints

Who says: “Most gracious duke, To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear,” 

Strong disapproval; an official expression of disapproval best defines which term: 

Which of the following lines from Act I is the best example of verbal irony?

InScene 3, Othello becomes angry with Cassio because

Who says: “Yes, for necessity of present life, I must show out a flag and sign of love..."

Which is NOT and example of imagery in Act II of Othello?

“Shethat I spake of, our great captain’s captain, Left in the conduct of the boldIago"

to see, to recognize, or to notice defines which word:

Impediment means what?

Who says: “With as little a web as this will I ensnare as great a fly as Cassio” 

Who says: “Tis here, but yet confused: Knavery’s plain face is never seen till used.” 

Who says: “Even now, now, very now, an old black ram / Is tupping your white ewe” (I. i.86-87).

Who says: “First,I must tell thee this: Desdemona is directly in love with him

“The purchase made, the fruits are to ensue, That profit’s yet to come ‘tween meand you” 

‘Tis well I am found by you. I will but spend a word here in the house, And go with you” 

What is the relationship between Iago and Roderigo?

To bite or chew persistently best defines which term: 

Discreet means:

Fortress set high above a city; stronghold best defines which term:

Iagourges Roderigo to provoke Cassio by telling him that

Nottonight, good Iago I could well wish courtesy would invent some other customof entertainment

What does Othello do to Cassio when he learns what occurred on guard duty?

Who says:  “I do perceive here a divided duty: To you I am bound for life and education;” 

Brabantio accuses Othello of having “practiced on [Desdemona] with foul charms.”  Why?

“Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see: She has deceived her father, and may thee” 

Who says: “For,besides these beneficial news, it is the celebration of his nuptial” 

Who says: “I have charged thee not to haunt about my doors”  

Which of the following lines does NOT reflect Iago’s strategy for dealing with Othello?

Barbarous means:

Choose the word that best completes this: The ___ professor commanded respect among her peers.

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