1. ‘Othello’ was a –
A) Tragedy
B) Comedy
C) Tragi-comedy
D) Farce
Answer: A) Tragedy
2. Who was Brabantio?
A) a wealthy merchant of Venice
B) a poor senator of Venice
C) a rich senator of Venice
D) a poor merchant of Venice
Answer: C) a rich senator of Venice
3. Desdemona was the daughter of – [Annual Exam, Class 11 – 2014]
A) Iago
B) Cassio
C) Brabantio
D) The Duke of Venice
Answer: D) Brabantio
4. Desdemona was –
A) rude and rough
B) clever and shrewd
C) beautiful but ambitious
D) beautiful and gentle
Answer: D) beautiful and gentle
5. Why was Desdemona sought by various suitors?
A) for her clime and complexion
B) for her appearance and affection
C) for her nobleness and cleverness
D) all of these
Answer: A) for her clime and complexion
6. Whom did Desdemona love?
A) Cassio
B) Othello
C) Iago
D) Montano
Answer: B) Othello
7. Who was Othello?
A) a Norwegian
B) an African
C) a Moor
D) a Turkish
Answer: C) a Moor
8. How was Othello as a soldier?
A) coward
B) valiant
C) indiscipline
D) ignorant
Answer: B) valiant
9. Othello was highly esteemed and revered because – [Annual Exam, Class 11 – 2014]
A) he was dark in complexion
B) he was a valiant soldier
C) he could tell wonderful stories
D) he married Desdemona
Answer: B) he was a valiant soldier
10. Why did Desdemona choose Othello?
A) as she regarded the heart more than the appearance and complexion of man.
B) as he was a valiant soldier
C) as he was promoted to the rank of general
D) as she loved to listen the adventurous stories of Othello
Answer: A) as she regarded the heart more than the appearance and complexion of man.
11. With whom did Othello fight a bloody battle?
A) the French
B) the Germans
C) the Turks
D) the Russians
Answer: C) the Turks
12. What was Othello’s rank in the army?
A) Colonel
B) general
C) lieutenant
D) senator
Answer: B) general
13. Who was highly esteemed and revered throughout the state of Venice in the play ‘Othello’?
A) Brabantio
B) Othello
C) Iago
D) Cassio
Answer: B) Othello
14. What stories did Othello tell to Desdemona?
A) The folk tales
B) The adventurous stories
C) the fairy tales
D) the science fictions
Answer: B) The adventurous stories
15. Who were the anthropophagi?
A) A kind of savage men
B) the cannibals who are man eaters
C) A kind of man whose heads grow beneath their shoulders.
D) a kind of pre-historical men
Answer: C) A kind of man whose heads grow beneath their shoulders.
16. How was the marriage between Othello and Desdemona solemnized?
A) publicly
B) officially
C) ceremonially
D) privately
Answer: D) privately
17. Hearing the news of his daughter’s marriage, Brabantio became –
A) glad
B) sad
C) furious
D) shocked
Answer: C) furious
18. To whom did Brabantio pray for justice?
A) Duke of Venice
B) King of Greece
C) King of England
D) Duke of France
Answer: A) Duke of Venice
19. What accusation did Brabantion bring against Othello?
A) he seduced his daughter
B) he casted spell and witchcraft
C) he told fake stories to win her heart
D) none of these
Answer: B) he casted spell and witchcraft
20. The Turks had prepared to invade – [Annual Exam, Class 11 – 2017]
A) Cyprus
B) Africa
C) France
D) Venice
Answer: A) Cyprus
21. The state of Venice was in urgent need of –
A) Cassio
B) Othello
C) Montano
D) Iago
Answer: B) Othello
22. Why was Othello summoned before the Senate?
A) To save the Cyprus from Turks and
B) Othello was charged with offences by Brabantio.
C) both A and B
D) none of these
Answer: C) both A and B
23. What did Othello narrate to the Duke when he was called for his defence?
A) the story of his adventures in an arrogant manner
B) the story of his heroic deeds in an outrageous manner
C) a simple story of his love in an artless eloquence.
D) none of these
Answer: C) a simple story of his love in an artless eloquence.
24. What did the Duke think about the spells and witchcraft of Othello?
A) it was an art of seducing women
B) it was an honest arts of wooing
C) Othello was conjuror
D) Othello knew how to trap a woman
Answer: B) it was an honest arts of wooing
25. Who confirmed the statement of Othello before the court?
A) Cassio
B) Brabantio
C) Iago
D) Desdemona
Answer: D) Desdemona
26. What did Desdemona promise before the court about her duty?
A) she has no duty to perform for her father
B) she has a higher duty to perform for her husband
C) she has no duty to perform for her husband
D) she has a higher duty to perform for her Father
Answer: B) she has a higher duty to perform for her husband
27. Brabantio had no other option but to –
A) challenge the duke of Venice
B) accept Othello as his son in law
C) reject Othello as his son in law
D) reject Desdimona as his legal heir
Answer: B) accept Othello as his son in law
28. What did Brabantio warn Othello about Desdemona?
A) they would never be a happy couple
B) she might marry other
C) she might betray him
D) none of these
Answer: C) she might betray him
29. Who accompanied Othello to the war in Cyprus?
A) Rosalind
B) Celia
C) Cassio
D) Desdemona
Answer: D) Desdemona
30. Why did Desdemona accompany Othello to the war in Cyprus?
A) as his father might harm him
B) as she did not want to be separated from him.
C) as she was afraid to leave him alone
D) as she wanted to fight with his husband
Answer: B) as she did not want to be separated from him.
31. What news did they hear as soon as they landed in Cyprus?
A) a violent storm dispersed the Turkish fleet
B) the Turkish fleet returned without putting up war
C) the Turkish fleet was dispersed with the waves of the sea
D) a violent storm submerged the Turkish fleet
Answer: A) a violent storm dispersed the Turkish fleet
32. Who possessed the confidence of Othello among the friends?
A) Iago
B) Cassio
C) Montano
D) Emilia
Answer: B) Cassio
33. Who was Cassio?
A) a British soldier
B) a Turkish soldier
C) a Florentine soldier
D) a French soldier
Answer: C) a Florentine soldier
34. Which quality of Cassio attracted the women?
A) his humble and flirting nature
B) his amorous and pleasing nature.
C) his gentle and human nature
D) his rude and rough nature
Answer: B) his amorous and pleasing nature.
35. Who had used Cassio in his love affair?
A) Othello
B) Desdemona
C) Iago
D) Montano
Answer: A) Othello
36. What was a blemish to Othello’s character?
A) his valiant nature
B) his adventurous nature
C) his innocent simplicity.
D) his blind trust to others
Answer: C) his innocent simplicity.
37. Whom did Desdemona love and trust next to Othello?
A) Brabantio
B) Cassio
C) Emilia
D) Iago
Answer: B) Cassio
38. Othello had promoted Cassio to the rank of – [Annual Exam, Class 11 – 2015, 2018]
A) General
B) Duke
C) Lieutenant
D) Senator
Answer: C) Lieutenant
39. Who thought that he had a better claim of the rank Lieutenant?
A) Montano
B) Emilia
C) Iago
D) Brabantio
Answer: C) Iago
40. The Promotion of Cassio to the rank of lieutenant made Iago –
A) furious
B) happy
C) offend
D) jealous
Answer: A) furious
41. What was the name of Iago’s wife?
A) Rosalind
B) Celia
C) Ganymede
D) Emilia
Answer: D) Emilia
42. Why did Iago hate Othello?
A) for not promoting him to the rank of lieutenant
B) for favouring Cassio
C) Othello was too fond of Emilia.
D) all of these
Answer: D) all of these
43. From these imaginary provocation, Iago conceived a plan to destroy
A) Othello
B) Desdemona
C) Cassio
D) all of them
Answer: D) all of them
44. Who could studied human mind deeply?
A) Othello
B) Desdemona
C) Iago
D) Cassio
Answer: C) Iago
45. What is the most unbearable affliction that torments man?
A) love
B) hatred
C) Jealousy
D) expectation
Answer: C) Jealousy
46. What would be an excellent plot of revenge according to Iago?
A) to make Othello envious of Desdemona.
B) to make Othello envious of Cassio.
C) to make Cassio envious of Othello.
D) to make Desdemona envious of Emilia.
Answer: B) to make Othello envious of Cassio.
47. What created a holiday mood in the island of Cyprus?
A) the dispersion of enemy’s fleet.
B) Cassio was promoted to lieutenant
C) Othello married Desdemona
D) all of these
Answer: A) the dispersion of enemy’s fleet.
48. What duty was imposed on Cassio that night?
A) to protect the island
B) to have a great feast and merry making
C) To restrain the soldiers from drinking excessively.
D) none of these
Answer: C) To restrain the soldiers from drinking excessively.
49. Iago enticed Cassio to have –
A) a drink
B) a sleep
C) a feast
D) a merry making
Answer: A) a drink
50. What was a great fault for Cassio for an officer on guard?
A) to have a sleep
B) to have a drink
C) to have a feast
D) to have merry making
Answer: B) to have a drink
51. When Cassio was completely drunk, he started to praise Desdemona as –
A) the most exquisite lady
B) the most innocent lady
C) an ill-tempered lady
D) a rude lady
Answer: A) the most exquisite lady
52. Iago was –[Annual Exam, Class 11 – 2016]
A) good at heart
B) Very religious
C) Learned
D) crafty
Answer: D) crafty
53. At the end of the feast, Cassio got involved in a –
A) chatting
B) praising ladies
C) a scuffle
D) fighting
Answer: C) a scuffle
54. Who tried to pacify the dispute?
A) Othello
B) Montano
C) Iago
D) all of them
Answer: B) Montano
55. Who was injured in the scuffle?
A) Othello
B) Montano
C) Iago
D) all of them
Answer: B) Montano
56. Who took the advantage of the scuffle and rung the castle bell as if a dangerous mutiny had set out?
A) Montano
B) a officer in the feast
C) Emilia
D) Iago
Answer: D) Iago
57. The account of the whole matter of the scuffle was described to Othello by –
A) Desdemona
B) Emilia
C) Montano
D) Iago
Answer: D) Iago
58. Who was the strict observer of discipline?
A) Montano
B) Cassio
C) Othello
D) Iago
Answer: C) Othello
59. What rank was Casio demote from?
A) general
B) Lieutenant
C) general
D) none of these
Answer: B) Lieutenant
60. “Reputation, Reputation, Reputation! O, I have lost my Reputation!” – Who uttered these words?
A) Cassio
B) Othello
C) Iago
D) Montano
Answer: A) Cassio
61. What did the crafty Iago advise Cassio after his demotion from the rank of Lieutenant?
A) to take revenge on Othello
B) to apply Desdemona to mediate for him with Othello.
C) to apply the Duke of Venice to mediate for him with Othello.
D) to beg Othello for his rank
Answer: B) to apply Desdemona to mediate for him with Othello.
62. Who entered into the room when Cassio was already present with Desdemona?
A) Emilia and Iago
B) Emilia and Othello
C) Iago and Othello
D) Brabantio and Othello
Answer: C) Iago and Othello
63. “I like not that”. – Who uttered this remark?
A) Othello
B) Iago
C) Emilia
D) Cassio
Answer: B) Iago
64. Who persuade Othello to be sceptical to his beloved wife?
A) Brabantio
B) Iago
C) Montano
D) Cassio
Answer: B) Iago
65. Othello’s Tragedy lies in his – [Annual Exam, Class 11 – 2019]
A) trust on Iago
B) pride
C) cruelty
D) extreme love for Cassio
Answer: A) trust on Iago
66. What did Othello demand Iago before think Desdemona dishonest?
A) time
B) money
C) his rank
D) proof
Answer: D) proof
67. What did Iago know about the disposition of the Italian ladies?
A) they did not dare to disclose their affairs to their husbands.
B) they did not dare to show their pranks to their husbands.
C) they did not dare to disclose their affairs to their fathers
D) they did not dare to show their pranks to their fathers.
Answer: B) they did not dare to show their pranks to their husbands.
68. “So mischievously the treacherous villain laid his plots to turn the gentle qualities of the innocent lady into her destruction.” – Who is the ‘treacherous villain’?
A) Othello
B) Cassio
C) Iago
D) Emilia
Answer: C) Iago
69. What happened to Othello after the long conversation with Iago?
A) he became restless
B) he became suspecious
C) he became ill-tempered
D) he was pacified
Answer: A) he became restless
70. In describing Othello’s restless the drugs that Shakespeare mentions as failing to bring him peace of mind are – [Annual Exam, Class 11 – 2017, 2019]
A) Hasish and Poppy
B) Poppy and Mandragora
C) Hemp and nightshade
D) Hemlock and poppy
Answer: B) Poppy and Mandragora
71. What is ‘mandragora’ mentioned in the play ‘Othello’?
A) a kind of medicine
B) a valuable stone
C) a narcotic plant.
D) a precious ornament
Answer: C) a narcotic plant.
72. Why did Othello lie hold on Iago’s throat?
A) to kill him being treacherous
B) to demand proof against Desdemona’s guilt.
C) not to reconcile with Cassio
D) none of these
Answer: B) to demand proof against Desdemona’s guilt.
73. What was the first gift to Desdemona from Othello?
A) a diamond ring
B) a necklace
C) a handkerchief
D) none of the above
Answer: C) a handkerchief
74. Where did Iago see the Handkerchief?
A) in Emilia’s hand
B) in Cassio’s hand
C) in Montano’s hand
D) none of these
Answer: B) in Cassio’s hand
75. Who stole and dropped the handkerchief in the Cassio’s way?
A) Emilia
B) Iago
C) a appointed soldier
D) Brabantio
Answer: A) Emilia
76. Who gave the strawberry spotted handkerchief to Othello’s mother?
A) a saint
B) a charmer
C) her mother
D) her father
Answer: B) a charmer
77. Why did Othello burst out of the room of his wife?
A) when Desdemona praised Cassio.
B) when Desdemona could not show the handkerchief.
C) when Desdemona tried to divert him from serious thoughts
D) none of them
Answer: A) when Desdemona praised Cassio.
78. Who was compared to a weed in the play, ‘Othello’?
A) Iago
B) Emilia
C) Cassio
D) Desdemona
Answer: D) Desdemona
79. Othello accused Desdemona of being – [Annual Exam, Class 11 – 22017]
A) Jealous
B) Selfish
C) Suspicious
D) unfaithful
Answer: D) unfaithful
80. When Desdemona was stunned at her husband’s untrue suspicion, Desdemona felt a –
A) headache
B) weight like sleep
C) mental frenziness
D) fever
Answer: B) weight like sleep
81. What was Desdemona awakened by?
A) by Othello’s laughing
B) by Othello’s crying
C) by Othello’s kisses
D) all of these
Answer: C) by Othello’s kisses
82. When did Othello use to gnaw his lips and roll his eyes?
A) when he was fatal
B) when he was sad
C) when he was angry
D) when he has fever
Answer: A) when he was fatal
83. Covering up in the bed clothes, Othello stifled Desdemona till –
A) cried
B) died
C) yelled
D) slept
Answer: B) died
84. Who employed men to assassinate Cassio?
A) Emilia
B) Iago
C) Othello
D) Montano
Answer: B) Iago
85. What exposed the guilt of Iago?
A) letters
B) fears
C) deeds
D) handkerchief
Answer: A) letters
86. The extreme anguish of killing his innocent and faithful wife made his life intolerable. So, Othello killed himself with a
A) dagger
B) sword
C) gun
D) spear
Answer: B) sword
87. How was Iago punished at last?
A) by executing him with sword
B) by executing him with gun
C) by executing him with strict tortures
D) by executing him with dagger
Answer: C) by executing him with strict tortures
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