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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 is found inside the casket chosen by the second suitor to Portia while Bassanio is sailing there?
(a) A picture of a fool and a poem.
(b) A picture of Portia.
(c) A sack of jewels.
(d) A skull and a poem.

2. What occupation does Portia's cousin hold?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Governor.
(c) Jailer.
(d) Soldier.

3. Who does Bassanio introduce Portia to when he returns to Belmont from Venice?
(a) Gobbo.
(b) Antonio.
(c) Launcelot.
(d) The duke.

4. What does Launcelot blame the rise of bacon on?
(a) Shipments of pork getting shipwrecked.
(b) Jews not eating pork.
(c) Bacon coming into a trend.
(d) Jews being converted.

5. Why is Antonio sad when Shylock has realized his daughter is gone?
(a) He misses Bassanio.
(b) He is sad for Shylock's loss.
(c) He is in love with Jessica.
(d) He heard about his wrecked ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Portia make Lorenzo and Jessica promise when she returns from Venice?

2. What is the title of the second guest at Belmont while Bassanio is sailing there?

3. What does Jessica say about Portia when Lorenzo asks her what she thinks of Portia?

4. How does the second suitor to Portia treat her while Bassanio is sailing there?

5. Who does Shylock petition for help when he sees that his daughter is gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Antonio so certain that the Duke will uphold the contract between him and Shylock?

2. Why are Salarino and Solanio so worried about Antonio when Shylock realizes his daughter has run away?

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

4. Who is Shylock forced to deed his property to, and why is Portia so happy about this?

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

6. What does Portia tell Nerissa after they leave Belmont?

7. What does Shylock tell Solanio and Salarino he will do with the pound of flesh he gets from Antonio, and why?

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

9. What announcement does Gratiano make after Bassanio chooses the correct casket?

10. Where does Shylock want to search for his daughter, and why is he not able to?

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