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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. Why does Jessica return to her house before the masquerade?
(a) To leave a note for her father.
(b) To lock it up.
(c) To find some more money.
(d) To change her clothes.

2. What does Lorenzo say Shylock's only way to Heaven will be?
(a) Repentance.
(b) Conversion to Christianity.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Forgiving all his outstanding loans.

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

4. What do Portia's suitors have to choose from in order to win her hand in marriage?
(a) Goblets.
(b) Purses.
(c) Chests.
(d) Crowns.

5. What is the name of Shylock's daughter?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Jaslene.
(c) Josilyn.
(d) Jessica.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antonio ask Bassanio about when they are left alone at the beginning of the play?

2. How many items do Portia's suitors have to choose from to win her hand in marriage?

3. How does the guest at Belmont react when he sees what is in the casket he has chosen?

4. Who is Shylock's daughter sad to see leave?

5. Why has no suitor yet tried to choose one of the chests?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason did the Moroccan prince give for choosing the casket he chose?

2. How does Antonio feel at the beginning of the play and why?

3. Who does Jessica say she is so sad to see leave, and why?

4. What does Shylock ask for if Antonio defaults on the loan for Bassanio?

5. What does Jessica say she hopes will happen as her father leaves the house on the night of the masquerade?

6. What must a suitor do in order to win Portia's hand in marriage?

7. How does Shylock react when he hears that Launcelot has chosen to find new employment with Bassanio?

8. What does Lorenzo say is the only way Shylock will go to Heaven?

9. Which casket does the Prince of Morocco choose, and what is found inside it?

10. Who is Bassanio in love with, and what must he do to woo her?

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