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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nerissa plan to get from her husband before returning home with Portia?
(a) The pendant around his neck.
(b) The deed to Shylock's house.
(c) A lock of hair.
(d) The ring she gave him.

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

3. Where have some of Antonio's ships sunk?
(a) Off the coast of Africa.
(b) In the Parisian harbor.
(c) The English Channel.
(d) The straits of Gibraltar.

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

5. What does Bassanio give the young lawyer from Padua in return for his service to Antonio?
(a) A deed to some of Portia's land.
(b) The necklace Portia gave him.
(c) His ring from Portia.
(d) Half the owed debt.

6. Who does Nerissa marry?
(a) Gratiano.
(b) Launcelot.
(c) Solanio.
(d) Salarino.

7. Why does Portia want Bassanio to wait to choose his casket?
(a) She feels it inappropriate to let him choose so soon.
(b) She doesn't want him to choose correctly.
(c) He doesn't want him to choose incorrectly.
(d) She wants him to get to know her better.

8. Who is present when Shylock realizes his daughter is gone?
(a) Antonio.
(b) Salarino.
(c) Launcelot.
(d) Gobbo.

9. What does Portia request while Bassanio is choosing his casket?
(a) That he wait an hour.
(b) That lunch be served.
(c) That music be played.
(d) That he let her read the inscriptions to him.

10. What does Portia threaten to do when she hears Bassanio has given away his ring?
(a) Live in complete silence with him.
(b) Never visit his bed again.
(c) Divorce him.
(d) Find a new husband.

11. What does Launcelot tell Jessica he is worried about her for?
(a) Her new husband will mistreat her.
(b) Her father will try to arrest her new husband.
(c) She may go to hell for the sins of her father.
(d) She was manipulated into her marriage.

12. Which casket does Bassanio choose?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Golden.
(c) Lead.
(d) Silver.

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

14. What does Lorenzo praise Portia for after Bassanio leaves Belmont?
(a) Her love.
(b) Her patience.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her strength of character.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Shylock want to search for his missing daughter?

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

3. What does the letter that Portia gives to Antonio say?

4. Who announces to Lorenzo that Bassanio is expected home soon?

5. What does Shylock accuse Solanio and Salarino of?

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