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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many items do Portia's suitors have to choose from to win her hand in marriage?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. Where is the person coming from whose arrival is announced at the end of the second scene?
(a) France.
(b) Morocco.
(c) Brittain.
(d) Venice.

3. Why does Portia say it does not matter how she judges him?
(a) She will marry no one.
(b) She already knows the kind of person he is.
(c) He must make up his own mind.
(d) The choice is not hers.

4. Who does Shylock's daughter ask to deliver the letter she writes just before Bassanio leaves Venice?
(a) Lorenzo.
(b) Gobbo.
(c) Launcelot.
(d) Bassanio.

5. What does the money lender want if the loan that Bassanio needs cannot be repaid?
(a) A promise that Antonio will never touch his daughter.
(b) A pound of flesh.
(c) A portion of Antonio's company.
(d) A signed deed of Antnio's land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Moroccan want Portia to judge him by?

2. Why would Shylock not approve of his daughter's choice in husband?

3. Why does the money lender refuse to complete the loan process in the way Bassanio suggests?

4. Who is meant to pick a husband for Portia?

5. How much interest is being charged on the loan to Bassanio?

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