Act 2

Question 1

What does it mean by a

“high-wrought flood”? Act 2.1

Answer 1

agitated to a high degree

Question 2

What does it mean by

“molestation view”? Act 2.1

Answer 2

turmoil and wreckage

Question 3

Who does Cassio refer to when he says

“our great captain’s captain”? Act 2.1

Answer 3

Desdemona

Question 4

What does the fact that Iago gets to Cyprus at

“A e’night’s speed” suggest? Act 2.1

Answer 4

That Iago works fast in the dark

Question 5

In the beginning of Act 2 how does Cassio demonstrate Desdemona’s superiority? Act 2.1

Answer 5

“let her have your knees!”

Question 6

What does the quote
“the great contention (disagreement) of the sea and skies/parted our fellowship”
foreshadow later in the play? Act 2.1

Answer 6

the quote is metaphorical of Iago’s omnipotence whom will later use his power as the puppeteer of the play to isolate the constructs, utilizing Othello’s hamartia, jealousy to separate him from his duty, which Cassio symbolizes and ultimately his honour, which his marriage with Desdemona represents.

Question 7

What does Desdemona say when she defends Emilia after Iago has insulted her? Act 2.1

Answer 7

“O, fie upon thee, slanderer!”

Question 8

How does Cassio feed Iago’s hate in chapter 2 by saying?

‘you may relish him more in the ______ than in the ______” Act 2.1

Answer 8

soldier than in the scholar

Question 9

After Cassio insults Iago’s intelligence through remarking

“you may relish him more in the solider than in the scholar” what does Iago respond in an aside? Act 2.1

Answer 9

“with as little a web as this I will ensure as great a fly as Cassio”

Question 10

What is “gyve”? Act 2.1

Answer 10

shackle

Question 11

What is meant when Iago remarks

“I will gyve thee in thine own courtesies”? Act 2,1

Answer 11

• Iago will use Cassio’s good nature of being too trusting and too fond of Desdemona to implement his downfall
• utilise his hamartia against him

Question 12

Once Othello has landed in Cyprus what does he first say to Desdemona? Act 2.1

Answer 12

“O my fair warrior!”

Question 13

“O my fair _____!”-Othello Act 2.1

Answer 13

warrior

Question 14

“May the ____ _____ till they have _______ death” Act 2.1

Answer 14

May the winds blow till they have wakened death

Question 15

What does Desdemona say that suggests their love is not sanctified by the Christian God? Act 2.1

Answer 15

“The heavens forbid”

Question 16

What does Iago say in an aside that suggests Iago is himself battling between good and bad, fulfilling his sacrifice as honour as Othello later pardons himself in doing when actually what he is doing is monstrous and without humanity? Act 2.1

Answer 16

“as honest As I am

Question 17

How does Iago tell Roderigo that Desdemona is in love with Cassio? Act 2.1

Answer 17

“Desdemona is directly in love with him”

Question 18

(Iago talking about the Moor)

“Is of a constant, loving, _____ ______” Act 2.1

Answer 18

noble nature

Question 19

What quote does Iago say tells his love for Desdemona? Act 2.1

Answer 19

“I do love her too…./

partly led to diet my revenge”

Question 20

What quote suggests that Iago believes Othello had cuckolded him with Emilia? Act 2.1

Answer 20

“Hath leaped into my seat”

Question 21

“like a _______ _____ gnaw my inwards/And nothing can or shall ______ my soul”-Iago Act 2.1

Answer 21

poisonous mineral

content my soul

Question 22

“into a ________ so strong that _______ cannot cure”- Iago Act 2.1

Answer 22

jealousy

judgement

Question 23

What quote suggests Othello and Desdemona have not yet consummated their marriage? Act 2.3

Answer 23

“the fruits are to ensue”

Question 24

what is “wanton”? - Iago Act 2.3

Answer 24

a cruel and deliberate action

Question 25

What does Cassio admit in Act 2.3 ?

Answer 25

“I have very poor and unhappy brains for drinking”

Question 26

What does Iago describe Cassio’s drinking problem to Montano as? Act 2,3

Answer 26

“his vice”

Question 27

How does Othello assert his own Venetian manner and Christian faith after the fight scene in Act 2.3?

Answer 27

“for Christian shame, put by this barbarous brawl”

Question 28

“For _______ shame, put by this ______ brawl”-Othello Act 2.3

Answer 28

Christian

barbarous

Question 29

what does “collied” mean?

“my best judgement collied”-Othello Act 2.3

Answer 29

darkened

Question 30

“my best judgement ______“-Othello Act2.3

Answer 30

collied

Question 31

Roderigo, “outran my purpose”-Iago , why is this important? Act 2.3

Answer 31

Iago keeps Roderigo invisible

Question 32

“______,Iago,_____! O, I have lost my _______“-Cassio too Iago Act 2.3

Answer 32

reputation, Iago, reputation! O, I have lost my reputation”

Question 33

How does Iago try to make Cassio feel better about losing his reputation by saying? Act 2.3

Answer 33

“there is more of sense in that than in reputation”

Question 34

How is it ironic that Iago remarks to Cassio

“there is more of sense in that than in reputation”? Act 2.3

Answer 34

this is because Iago plots his whole revenge on the fact he feels he has been dishonoured

Question 35

what is fustian? Act 2.3

Answer 35

nonsense

Question 36

How does Cassio describe the evils of drinking? Act 2.3

Answer 36

“put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains!”

Question 37

“put an ______ in their ______, to steal away their ______“Cassio Act2.3

Answer 37

“put an enemy in their mouths, to steal away their brains!”

Question 38

similarly to what Cassio had said at the beginning of Act 2, what does Iago say about Desdemona and her control over Othello? Act 2.3

Answer 38

“Our general’s wife is now the general”

Question 39

“Good-night”-Iago Act 2.3

Answer 39

Act 2.3

Question 40

“I’ll pour this _______ ___ __ ear? Act 2.3

Answer 40

“I’ll pour this pestilence into his ear”

Question 41

What does Iago say he will do to Desdemona’s “virtue”? Act 2.3

Answer 41

“I turn her virtue into pitch”

Question 42

“I turn her _____ into ____”- Iago Act 2.3

Answer 42

“I turn her virtue into pitch”