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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. Who announces to Lorenzo that Bassanio is expected home soon?
(a) Nerissa.
(b) A servant.
(c) Gobbo.
(d) Launcelot.
2. Who does Portia leave in charge of her house when she leaves?
(a) Nerissa.
(b) Her servants.
(c) Lorenzo and Jessica.
(d) A suitor who arrived too late.
3. How much money did Jessica spend in one night?
(a) 8 ducats.
(b) 800 ducats.
(c) 80 ducats.
(d) 8000 ducats.
4. What did Jessica do with her mother's ring?
(a) Sold it for money.
(b) Left it with her note to her father.
(c) Stole it for her own wedding ring.
(d) Gave it to Antonio.
5. What does Portia make Lorenzo and Jessica promise when she returns from Venice?
(a) Ask Bassanio where his ring is.
(b) Tell Bassanio that she is still at the monastery.
(c) Not tell Bassanio that she ever left.
(d) Refuse to talk to Bassanio when he arrives.
Short Answer Questions
1. What about the lead box intrigues Bassanio?
2. Why has Bassanio left Portia just after winning the right to marry her?
3. What does Portia threaten to do when she hears Bassanio has given away his ring?
4. Why does Portia want Bassanio to wait to choose his casket?
5. What does Jessica say about Portia when Lorenzo asks her what she thinks of Portia?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Antonio try to smooth things over when Portia hears that Bassanio gave his ring away?
2. Why is Shylock denied the money that Antonio first offered him in lieu of the pound of flesh?
3. What does Portia tell Nerissa after they leave Belmont?
4. What does Shylock hope will happen before Antonio is made to pay his pound of flesh?
5. What does Lorenzo ask Jessica about Portia, and how does she respond?
6. What does Shylock refuse to allow in the courtroom as Antonio gives his pound of flesh, and why?
7. What does Portia do when she finds out Bassanio gave his ring away, and how does Bassanio react to this?
8. How does a servant describe the young Venetian suitor who arrives to woo Portia?
9. What announcement does Gratiano make after Bassanio chooses the correct casket?
10. What cheers Shylock while he is so upset about his daughter running away with a Christian?
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