Shakespeare context quiz

Who is the antagonist (bad guy) in the play?

• Othello

• Iago

• Desdemona

• Michael Cassio

What is the race of Othello?

• He is Chinese

• He is Mongolian

• He is Russian

• None of the above

What kind of play is Othello?

• A comedy

• A tragedy

• A mystery

• An epic

Which century did Shakespeare write in?

• 16th & 17th Century CE

• 16th & 17th Century BCE

• 4th Century BCE

• 4th Century CE

Which languages did Shakespeare almost certainly read?

• French and Latin

• German and Polish

• Serbo-Croatian and Turkish

• Arabic and Persian

Which city-state in Italy was the most powerful in Shakespeare's time?

• Florence

• Rome

• Venice

• San Marino

If you're a writer, why is it better to base your story in a foreign land?

• It's easier to write about the weather.

• People in foreign lands tend to act in a more funny way.

• The authorities can't arrest you for talking about them

• There is absolutely no reason for that

What is a Moor?

• A kind of dessert

• A derogatory term for North African, Arab and/or Muslim people

• A Turkish man

• A weather phenomenon

Which culture did English people feel threatened by back in Shakespeare's time?

• Muslim culture

• Jewish culture

• Welsh culture

• All of the above

What did Elizabethans (the contemporaries of Shakespeare) believe?

• Sorcery and witchcraft are real

• Black symbolizes impurity and dirtiness

• Women should be subservient creatures

• All of the above