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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jessica say about Portia when Lorenzo asks her what she thinks of Portia?
(a) She is proud.
(b) She is beautiful.
(c) She is virtuous.
(d) She is intelligent.

2. What is the title of the second guest at Belmont while Bassanio is sailing there?
(a) Lord.
(b) Duke.
(c) Earl.
(d) Prince.

3. Where does Antonio say he last saw Lorenzo?
(a) On a gondola.
(b) In the marketplace.
(c) At the masquerade.
(d) In Bassanio's ship.

4. Who takes the disguised Nerissa to Shylock's house to collect his deed?
(a) Gratiano.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Bassanio.
(d) Lorenzo.

5. Who does Shylock petition for help when he sees that his daughter is gone?
(a) The king.
(b) The duke.
(c) The governor.
(d) The prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Portia offer to give to satisfy Antonio's debt to Shylock?

2. Who does Portia leave in charge of her house when she leaves?

3. Which casket does Bassanio choose?

4. Who do Jessica and Lorenzo pretend to be while they are left alone at Portia's house?

5. What does Portia request while Bassanio is choosing his casket?

Short Essay Questions

1. What announcement does Gratiano make after Bassanio chooses the correct casket?

2. Why is Launcelot so worried about Jessica, and what does he think her only hope is?

3. What does Shylock tell Solanio and Salarino he will do with the pound of flesh he gets from Antonio, and why?

4. What does Shylock hope will happen before Antonio is made to pay his pound of flesh?

5. Why is Antonio so certain that the Duke will uphold the contract between him and Shylock?

6. How does a servant describe the young Venetian suitor who arrives to woo Portia?

7. What does Portia offer to do when they hear of Antonio's misfortune, and what does Jessica say about this plan?

8. What is found in the silver casket and how does the Prince respond to this?

9. Why is Shylock denied the money that Antonio first offered him in lieu of the pound of flesh?

10. What does Nerissa plan to get from her husband before returning to Belmont with Portia?

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