Read the extract and answer this question.
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
‘T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The language of the extract is best described as _________
- A. ironical
- B. humorous
- C. hyperbolical
- D. sarcástie.
Read the extract and answer this question
If after every tempest come such calms,
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
T were now to be most happy; for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The scene reveals the speaker’s __________
- A. fear of adventure
- B. affection for his wife
- C. suspicion
- D. fulfilment as a warrior
Read the extract and answer this question
If after every tempest come such calms,
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
T were now to be most happy; for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The scene reveals the speaker’s __________
- A. fear of adventure
- B. affection for his wife
- C. suspicion
- D. fulfilment as a warrior
Read the extract and answer this question.
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
‘T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The dominant images are associated with _______
- A. love
- B. nature
- C. sailing
- D. war
Read the extract and answer this question.
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
‘T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The dominant images are associated with _______
- A. love
- B. nature
- C. sailing
- D. war
Read the extract and answer this question.
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
‘T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The occasion is _________
- A. Othello's return from war
- B. Othello's departure for Cyprus
- C. Montano expressirig his delight after the tempest.
- D. the defeat of the Turks.
Read the extract and answer this question.
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
‘T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The occasion is _________
- A. Othello's return from war
- B. Othello's departure for Cyprus
- C. Montano expressirig his delight after the tempest.
- D. the defeat of the Turks.
Read the extract and answer this question.
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
‘T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The speaker is ________
- A. Brabantio
- B. Othello
- C. Duke
- D. Montano
Read the extract and answer this question.
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell’s from heaven. If it were now to die,
‘T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 – 187)
The speaker is ________
- A. Brabantio
- B. Othello
- C. Duke
- D. Montano
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
Among these unlucky deeds. the immediate one is _________
- A. he killing of Desdemona
- B. declaring Desdemiona as unfaithful
- C. refusing to listen to Emilia
- D. the sacking of Cassio
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
Among these unlucky deeds. the immediate one is _________
- A. he killing of Desdemona
- B. declaring Desdemiona as unfaithful
- C. refusing to listen to Emilia
- D. the sacking of Cassio
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The speech is intended to _______
- A. preserve the speaker's reputation
- B. express the speakers remorse
- C. express the speaker's acceptance of guilt
- D. denounce the speaker's enemies
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The speech is intended to _______
- A. preserve the speaker's reputation
- B. express the speakers remorse
- C. express the speaker's acceptance of guilt
- D. denounce the speaker's enemies
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The speaker is addressing _________
- A. Duke and others
- B. Emilia
- C. the Senate
- D. Lodovico and others
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The speaker is addressing _________
- A. Duke and others
- B. Emilia
- C. the Senate
- D. Lodovico and others
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The setting is ___________
- A. a street in front of the citadel
- B. a street
- C. the citadel
- D. Desdemona's chamber
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The setting is ___________
- A. a street in front of the citadel
- B. a street
- C. the citadel
- D. Desdemona's chamber
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The speaker is __________
- A. Othello
- B. Gratiano
- C. lago
- D. Cassio
Read the extract and answer this question.
I have done the state some service, and they know’t.
No more of that. I pray you, in your letters,
When you shall these unlucky deeds relate.
Speak of me as I am. Nothing extenuate.
Nor set down aught in malice. Then must you speak
Of one that loved not wisely, but too well:
The speaker is __________
- A. Othello
- B. Gratiano
- C. lago
- D. Cassio
Read the extract and answer this question.
Thou art sure of me. Go, make money. I have told thee
Often, and I retell thee again and again, I hate the Moor.
My cause is hearted: thine has no less reason. Let us be
conjuctive in our revenge against him. If thou canst
Cuckold him, thou dost thyself a pleasure, me a sport.
There are many events in the womb of time, which wi
be delivered. Traverse, go, provide thy money! We will
have mnore of this tomorrow. Adieu.
(Act I, Scene Three, lines 355-362)
The speaker’s attitude to the addressee is one of ________
- A. spite
- B. envy
- C. friendliness
- D. intolerance
Read the extract and answer this question.
Thou art sure of me. Go, make money. I have told thee
Often, and I retell thee again and again, I hate the Moor.
My cause is hearted: thine has no less reason. Let us be
conjuctive in our revenge against him. If thou canst
Cuckold him, thou dost thyself a pleasure, me a sport.
There are many events in the womb of time, which wi
be delivered. Traverse, go, provide thy money! We will
have mnore of this tomorrow. Adieu.
(Act I, Scene Three, lines 355-362)
The speaker’s attitude to the addressee is one of ________
- A. spite
- B. envy
- C. friendliness
- D. intolerance