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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 Antonio think Shylock hates him for while he is in prison?
(a) Helping Jessica run away with Lorenzo.
(b) Not dealiing fairly with Shylock in the past.
(c) Helping people who hate Jews.
(d) Loaning money to those who can't afford it.

2. What does Portia make Lorenzo and Jessica promise when she returns from Venice?
(a) Refuse to talk to Bassanio when he arrives.
(b) Not tell Bassanio that she ever left.
(c) Tell Bassanio that she is still at the monastery.
(d) Ask Bassanio where his ring is.

3. Who is dressed up as the young lawyer frm Padua?
(a) Nerissa.
(b) Jessica.
(c) Josilyn.
(d) Portia.

4. What does Shylock say will happen to Jessica due to her betrayal?
(a) She is disowned.
(b) She will be stripped of her title and her inheritance.
(c) She will be dishonored by the synogogue.
(d) She will be sent to hell.

5. What does Shylock accuse Solanio and Salarino of?
(a) Distracting him on his way home from dinner with Bassanio.
(b) Stealing his money.
(c) Helping Jessica escape.
(d) Tipping off Bassanio to sail in haste.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which casket does Bassanio choose?

2. Who is present when Shylock realizes his daughter is gone?

3. Why has Bassanio left Portia just after winning the right to marry her?

4. Why does the second suitor choose to forgo the gold casket?

5. What does Bassanio give the young lawyer from Padua in return for his service to Antonio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What cheers Shylock while he is so upset about his daughter running away with a Christian?

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

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

4. How does Antonio try to smooth things over when Portia hears that Bassanio gave his ring away?

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

6. What does Shylock refuse to allow in the courtroom as Antonio gives his pound of flesh, and why?

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

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

9. What does Portia do when she finds out Bassanio gave his ring away, and how does Bassanio react to this?

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

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