Week 2 Shakespeare quiz. Choose the best answer for each question.
1:1:112-141
1. P. 7, 114-115: Why was Brabantio vulnerable to Iago’s word even though Brabantio knew that Iago was a
villain?
a. Brabantio had taken Iago’s wife.
b. Brabantio was poor and couldn’t afford a lawyer.
c. Brabantio apparently was involved in some sort of corruption as a senator.
d. Brabantio, in fact, was not vulnerable to Iago’s word.
2. P. 8, 130-134: How does Roderigo manipulate Brabantio?
a. Roderigo shows up Brabantio as a weak father who can’t control his daughter
b. Brabantio was a Moor.
c. Brabantio was a tender man who cared too much about what people thought of him.
d. Brabantio, at the bottom line, wanted money.
P. 13, 1: 2:69-89
3. 61-89 Why does Brabantio think Othello was able to get his daughter?
a. He realizes he has been a poor father.
b. Magicically swayed
c. She was simply fooled; it was all her fault.
d. He beat her.
Vocabulary note: Enchanted & magic
P. 19, 1:3:127-169 Focus Q: How does Othello defend himself?
Vocabulary note: Battle, sieges, fortune
4. What in Othello’s life has attracted Desdemona to him?
a. He had a proven warrior spirit
b. He had passed through dangers
c. He had had close escapes with death.
d. All of the above
5. Look at the end of the passage… what response from Desdemona does Othello expect?
a. He expects nothing
b. He expects her to argue.
c. He expects her to acknowledge her love for him.
d. None of the above
Pages 39-40, Act 2, Scene 1:281-312:
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What does Adieu mean?
6.
How does Iago view Othello?
A. He views him as a trickster or rascal
b. He views him as having a noble nature
c. He views him as a saint
d. None of the above
7. How does Iago feel toward Desdemona?
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
Lustful love
Real love
He hates her too.
We really can’t say based on this passage.
Why does Iago have such harsh feelings toward the Moor?
a.
9.
What emotion is Iago trying to build up inside of Othello?
Love
Jealousy
Contentment
Anger
. Analyze the last 2 lines of the passage…
Text in front… P. 39-40, Lines
287 & 310-312
. Shakespeare seems to
suggest that a noble (good)
person is especially
vulnerable to evil. Agree or
disagree and defend.
. Shakespeare, at least in so
far as he refers to Othello,
says evil is not acknowledged
until it works it’s too late.
Agree or disagree and defend.
Stand and
Defend
AGREE
DISAGREE
. In today’s modern and
progressive society, young
people are less vulnerable to
evil than in previous eras.
Agree or disagree and defend.
. Does evil reside primarily in
our environments or primarily
within the human heart?
Explain.
. How can evil, at a practical
level, be resisted? Explain.