Starter quiz

  • What genre of play is 'Othello'?
    • comedy
    • tragedy  ✓
    • history
  • Starting with the most important, order the living things in the Elizabethan/Jacobean Great Chain of Being in order of importance.
    • 1
      ⇔
      God
    • 2
      ⇔
      Angels
    • 3
      ⇔
      King/Queen
    • 4
      ⇔
      Church
    • 5
      ⇔
      Nobles
    • 6
      ⇔
      Men
    • 7
      ⇔
      Animals
  • What is true of some views on race in the Elizabethan/Jacobean era?
    • darker skinned people were considered morally deviant  ✓
    • all people were considered equal
    • Jacobeans often feared 'outsiders'  ✓
  • What is true of some views on gender in the Elizabethan/Jacobean era?
    • men and women were considered as equals
    • women had more power than men
    • women were considered as subordinates to men  ✓
  • In 'Othello', how does Desdemona subvert gender stereotypes of the Jacobean era?
    • she elopes with Othello, without her father's knowledge  ✓
    • she is not listened to when she protests that she is faithful
    • she sings the willow song and succumbs to her suffering
  • In Shakespeare's 'Othello', how does Othello's character contradict racial stereotypes of the Jacobean era?
    • he is a military general
    • he is introduced as a noble Moor: eloquent, humble, virtuous  ✓
    • he succumbs to jealousy
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