William Shakespeare’s
Othello
1. Who is the protagonist of Othello by William Shakespeare? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TET, TNPSC, SET, KVS, DSSSB, TGT, PGT, CUET)
A) a) Iago
B) b) Cassio
C) c) Othello
D) d) Brabantio
Ans: Answer: c) Othello
2. Who is the wife of Othello in the play? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, TET, SET, KVS, DSSSB, PGT, CUET)
A) a) Bianca
B) b) Emilia
C) c) Desdemona
D) d) Portia
Ans: Answer: c) Desdemona
3. In which city does the first act of Othello take place? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, TGT, PGT, CUET)
A) a) Venice
B) b) Cyprus
C) c) Rome
D) d) Florence
Ans: Answer: a) Venice
4. What is Iago’s rank at the beginning of the play? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, TET, PGT, CUET)
A) a) Lieutenant
B) b) Ensign
C) c) Captain
D) d) General
Ans: Answer: b) Ensign
5. Whom does Othello promote instead of Iago? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, TET, SET, PGT, CUET)
A) a) Montano
B) b) Cassio
C) c) Roderigo
D) d) Lodovico
Ans: Answer: b) Cassio
6. What item plays a crucial role in convincing Othello of Desdemona’s infidelity? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, SET, TET, DSSSB, KVS, CUET)
A) a) A letter
B) b) A locket
C) c) A handkerchief
D) d) A ring
Ans: Answer: c) A handkerchief
7. Who steals Desdemona’s handkerchief? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, SET, KVS, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Emilia
C) c) Roderigo
D) d) Bianca
Ans: Answer: b) Emilia
8. Where is the majority of Othello set after Act I? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, TGT, PGT, CUET)
A) a) Venice
B) b) Cyprus
C) c) Rome
D) d) Rhodes
Ans: Answer: b) Cyprus
9. Who is Roderigo in love with? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, TET, DSSSB, KVS, CUET)
A) a) Emilia
B) b) Bianca
C) c) Desdemona
D) d) Ophelia
Ans: Answer: c) Desdemona
10. Who kills Roderigo? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Iago
C) c) Montano
D) d) Othello
Ans: Answer: b) Iago
11. Who kills Desdemona? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, SET, DSSSB, KVS, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Iago
C) c) Othello
D) d) Emilia
Ans: Answer: c) Othello
12. Who exposes Iago’s plot at the end of the play? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, SET, TET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello
B) b) Cassio
C) c) Emilia
D) d) Roderigo
Ans: Answer: c) Emilia
13. What is the genre of Othello? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, SET, KVS, DSSSB, TGT, CUET)
A) a) Comedy
B) b) Tragedy
C) c) History
D) d) Pastoral
Ans: Answer: b) Tragedy
14. Who is Cassio’s mistress in the play? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, TET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Desdemona
B) b) Emilia
C) c) Bianca
D) d) Portia
Ans: Answer: c) Bianca
15. Who wounds Cassio in the play? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Montano
B) b) Iago
C) c) Roderigo
D) d) Brabantio
Ans: Answer: c) Roderigo
16. What is Brabantio’s relationship to Desdemona? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, TET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Uncle
B) b) Father
C) c) Cousin
D) d) Brother
Ans: Answer: b) Father
17. Who says, “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster”? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, SET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Iago
C) c) Othello
D) d) Roderigo
Ans: Answer: b) Iago
18. How does Desdemona react when Othello accuses her of infidelity? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, SET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) She confesses falsely
B) b) She denies it truthfully
C) c) She remains silent
D) d) She leaves him
Ans: Answer: b) She denies it truthfully
19. Who kills Emilia? (UPSC, UGC-NET, TNPSC, PGTRB, SET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello
B) b) Cassio
C) c) Iago
D) d) Montano
Ans: Answer: c) Iago
20. What is the fate of Othello at the end of the play? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, SET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) He is executed
B) b) He is banished
C) c) He kills himself
D) d) He escapes
Ans: Answer: c) He kills himself
21. What is the military role of Othello? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, TET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Admiral
B) b) General
C) c) Captain
D) d) Marshal
Ans: Answer: b) General
22. Who is the Duke of Venice in Othello? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Montano
B) b) Lodovico
C) c) Brabantio
D) d) An unnamed Duke
Ans: Answer: d) An unnamed Duke
23. What nationality is Othello? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, TET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Venetian
B) b) Moor
C) c) Roman
D) d) Spanish
Ans: Answer: b) Moor
24. Who becomes governor of Cyprus at the end of the play? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Montano
C) c) Lodovico
D) d) Iago
Ans: Answer: a) Cassio
25. Who delivers the final speech in Othello? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Lodovico
C) c) Iago
D) d) Othello
Ans: Answer: b) Lodovico
26. Who is the first character to speak in the play? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello
B) b) Iago
C) c) Roderigo
D) d) Brabantio
Ans: Answer: c) Roderigo
27. What does Iago use as his main weapon against Othello? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, SET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Physical violence
B) b) Rumor and manipulation
C) c) Bribery
D) d) Letters
Ans: Answer: b) Rumor and manipulation
28. What is Emilia’s relationship to Iago? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Sister
B) b) Wife
C) c) Cousin
D) d) Mother
Ans: Answer: b) Wife
29. What is Desdemona doing when Othello kills her? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Sleeping
B) b) Praying
C) c) Singing
D) d) Pleading
Ans: Answer: a) Sleeping
30. Who says “Reputation is an idle and most false imposition”? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello
B) b) Cassio
C) c) Iago
D) d) Lodovico
Ans: Answer: c) Iago
31. What motivates Iago’s hatred for Othello? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello demoted him
B) b) Othello promoted Cassio over him
C) c) Othello insulted him
D) d) Othello married Desdemona
Ans: Answer: b) Othello promoted Cassio over him
32. Which war forms the backdrop of Othello? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Ottoman–Venetian conflict
B) b) Hundred Years’ War
C) c) War of the Roses
D) d) Punic Wars
Ans: Answer: a) Ottoman–Venetian conflict
33. What kind of play structure does Othello follow? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Three-act
B) b) Four-act
C) c) Five-act
D) d) Six-act
Ans: Answer: c) Five-act
34. Who warns Othello that Brabantio will be angry about his marriage? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Iago
C) c) Roderigo
D) d) Lodovico
Ans: Answer: b) Iago
35. Who calls Othello “an old black ram”? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Iago
C) c) Roderigo
D) d) Brabantio
Ans: Answer: b) Iago
36. Who is Gratiano in the play? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Brabantio’s brother
B) b) Othello’s friend
C) c) A soldier under Cassio
D) d) Desdemona’s cousin
Ans: Answer: a) Brabantio’s brother
37. What type of tragedy is Othello often classified as? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, SET, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Domestic tragedy
B) b) Historical tragedy
C) c) Revenge tragedy
D) d) Comedy-tragedy hybrid
Ans: Answer: a) Domestic tragedy
38. What is Bianca’s profession? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Maid
B) b) Courtesan
C) c) Seamstress
D) d) Singer
Ans: Answer: b) Courtesan
39. Who carries out Iago’s plan to attack Cassio? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello
B) b) Roderigo
C) c) Emilia
D) d) Montano
Ans: Answer: b) Roderigo
40. What is Othello’s final request before he dies? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) That Iago be forgiven
B) b) That he be remembered as one who loved not wisely but too well
C) c) That Desdemona be avenged
D) d) That Cassio rule Venice
Ans: Answer: b) That he be remembered as one who loved not wisely but too well
41. What is the significance of the handkerchief’s pattern? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) It depicts strawberries
B) b) It has gold embroidery
C) c) It bears Othello’s initials
D) d) It is woven with silver thread
Ans: Answer: a) It depicts strawberries
42. Which character says, “Men should be what they seem”? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello
B) b) Cassio
C) c) Iago
D) d) Desdemona
Ans: Answer: c) Iago
43. What does Othello believe the handkerchief was made with? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Silk
B) b) Linen
C) c) Silk dyed with virgins’ blood
D) d) Cotton
Ans: Answer: c) Silk dyed with virgins’ blood
44. Who informs Othello of Brabantio’s death? (UPSC, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Cassio
B) b) Gratiano
C) c) Lodovico
D) d) Iago
Ans: Answer: b) Gratiano
45. Who orders Iago’s execution? (UPSC, UGC-NET, PGTRB, TNPSC, DSSSB, CUET)
A) a) Othello
B) b) Cassio
C) c) Lodovico
D) d) Montano
Ans: Answer: c) Lodovico
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