Certificación de la Calidad de la Gestión Escolar

Reading Comprehension Test

OTHELLO
Colegio San Agustín de Antofagasta

NAME:__________________________________________________________
CLASS:___________
DATE:______________________________________________ SCORE:_______/ 14

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1.- How does Iago trick Cassio into confirming the fictional affair with
Desdemona?

(A) he gets Cassio to admit he has been to see Desdemona in private

(B) he forces him under threat to confess
(C) he asks him about the handkerchief
(D) Iago makes Cassio's statements about Bianca seem like they address Desdemona

2.- What pattern is embroidered on the handkerchief?

(A) Strawberries
(B) Dots
(C) Leaves
(D) Daggers

3.- What rank does Cassio hold before Othello strips it from him?

(A) Corporal
(B) Private
(C) Lieutenant
(D) Colonel

4.- Who made the handkerchief that Othello inherited from his mother?

(A) Barbary
(B) Othello’s mother
(C) Othello’s former lover
(D) A sibyl, or female prophet

5.- Desdemona's father is:

(A) Brabantio
(B) Gratiano
(C) Roderigo
(D) Lodovico

6.- Who is Iago's Wife?

(A) Emilia
(B) Bianca
(C) Desdemona
(d) Lady Macbeth

7.- How is Cassio Discharged?

(A) He gets drunk and engages in a fight

(B) He gets jealous and is engged to Desdemona
(C) He goes crazy and kills Montano
(D) He gets drunk and angry and hits Othello

Realizado por: Vanessa Aprobado por Jefa Aprobado por Dir. Fecha Nº
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 Certificación de la Calidad de la Gestión Escolar
Reading Comprehension Test
OTHELLO
Colegio San Agustín de Antofagasta

8.- Who tries to help Cassio get his job Back?

(A) Roderigo
(B) Iago
(C) Desdemona
(D) Emilia

9.- Why was the handkerchief so important to Othello?

(A) It was Othello's most expensive gift to Desdemona

(B) If Cassio had it, then Desdemona was having an affair
(C) It was very useful during allergy season
(D) He needed it's magic to cure Cassio

10.- Why does Othello kill himself?

(A) Because he was a fool and he wants to die with honor

(B) He hates life
(C) He is tired of being wrong
(D) Because he can't bare to see Desdemona's dead body

11.- What does Emilia tell that makes Iago kill her?

(A) She tells a lie

(B) She tells the truth
(C) She tells the time
(D) She tells a story about Iago’s lies

12.- Why does Iago hate Othello?

(A) Because he is his boss

(B) Because he is black and has a lot of money
(C) Because he gave the position of lieutenant to Cassio
(D) Because he is secretly in loved with Desdemona

13.- Who survives at the end of this tragedy?

(A) Emilia and Cassio

(B) Bianca and Roderigo
(C) Only Iago
(D) Iago and Emilia

14.- What is the handkerchief’s path?

(A) from Othello to Emilia to Desdemona to Iago to Cassio

(B) from Desdemona to Iago to Cassio to Bianca to Othello
(C) fromOthello’s mother to Othello to Desdemona to Iago to Cassio to Emilia
(D) from Othello to Desdemona to Emilia to Iago to Cassio to Emilia to Cassio

Realizado por: Vanessa Aprobado por Jefa Aprobado por Dir. Fecha Nº
Jensen Departamento Académica 26/06/2010 Página