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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 was one of Portia's suitors addicted to?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Caffeine.
(d) Opium.

2. What does Solanio think Antonio's sadness is about?
(a) Worry over his ships.
(b) Competition in the market.
(c) His mother's sickness.
(d) Love.

3. Who does Lorenzo give his letter to after reading it?
(a) Gratiano.
(b) Bassanio.
(c) Gobbo.
(d) Launcelot.

4. What does Gratiano say most lovers really love?
(a) The chase.
(b) Their lover.
(c) Attention.
(d) Their feelings.

5. Who does Shylock's daughter write a letter to before Bassanio leaves Venice?
(a) Bassanio.
(b) Portia.
(c) Lorenzo.
(d) Launcelot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the men lack for the upcoming masquerade?

3. What color is the Moroccan prince wearing when he first appears on stage?

4. Who is the first person to attempt choosing one of the chests?

5. Who is a guest at Belmont while Bassanio is sailing for it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jessica look when she arrives at the masquerade?

2. What does Jessica ask Launcelot to do before he leaves Venice?

3. What is Jessica so ashamed of herself for?

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

5. What does Portia say to the Moroccan prince when he asks her to judge him by his beauty?

6. Who does Jessica want to marry, and why would her father oppose of this?

7. What does the Moroccan prince look like when he is first seen on stage?

8. Whose arrival is announced at the end of the second scene, and how is this news received?

9. What has caused the interest rates on loans to go down in Venice?

10. What does Shylock tell his daughter to do during the masquerade?

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