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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Portia request while Bassanio is choosing his casket?
2. What is Nerissa disguised as while she is in Venice with Portia?
3. Where does Portia's cousin live?
4. What about the lead box intrigues Bassanio?
5. Who announces to Lorenzo that Bassanio is expected home soon?
Short Essay Questions
1. What cheers Shylock while he is so upset about his daughter running away with a Christian?
2. What announcement does Gratiano make after Bassanio chooses the correct casket?
3. Why is Shylock denied the money that Antonio first offered him in lieu of the pound of flesh?
4. What does Portia offer to do when they hear of Antonio's misfortune, and what does Jessica say about this plan?
5. Where does Shylock want to search for his daughter, and why is he not able to?
6. How does a servant describe the young Venetian suitor who arrives to woo Portia?
7. Why are Salarino and Solanio so worried about Antonio when Shylock realizes his daughter has run away?
8. What does Nerissa plan to get from her husband before returning to Belmont with Portia?
9. What does Portia tell Nerissa after they leave Belmont?
10. What is found in the silver casket and how does the Prince respond to this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
This play takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affect the course of the plot. Why might Shakespeare have chosen these particular places?
Essay Topic 2
Friendship is a strong theme throughout the play. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the play, and what causes these changes?
Essay Topic 3
How does the relationship between Portia and Bassanio change throughout the course of the play and how do these changes affect the characters around them?
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