merchant of venice
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The Merchant of Venice
Year 13 Literature Quiz
Rules
Groups of 3-4. Group name on board and on all pieces of paper.
You can use your books. 1st correct answer – 5 points, 2nd correct
answer – 3 points, other correct answers – 1 point.
Wrong answer – minus 4 points
Question One
What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play?
(A) He stands to lose a fortune in his present business ventures.
(B) He owes a fantastic sum of money to Shylock.
(C) He gives no reason. (D) The woman he loves does not
return his feelings.
Question One Answer
What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play?
(C) He gives no reason
Question Two
How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio?
(A) As an opportunity for revenge (B) As his way of being charitable (C) As a harmless prank (D) As a way of procuring food
Question Two Answer
How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio?
(B) As his way of being charitable
Question Three
According to Lorenzo’s plan, how will Jessica escape from her father’s house?
(A) She will disguise herself as Lorenzo’s torchbearer and slip out undetected.
(B) She will leave during the night, while Shylock is asleep.
(C) She will take her father to a large public auction and get lost in the crowd.
(D) She will fake her own death.
Question Three Answer
According to Lorenzo’s plan, how will Jessica escape from her father’s house?
(A) She will disguise herself as Lorenzo’s torchbearer and slip out undetected
Question Four
What loophole in Shylock’s bond allows Portia to stop him from taking a pound of Antonio’s flesh?
(A) Jewish law prohibits Shylock from practicing his trade on the Sabbath.
(B) Shylock is entitled only to flesh, but not blood.(C) Shylock forgot to sign the bond.(D) There is no hard evidence that Antonio’s ships
have sunk, and that he cannot pay the bond.
Question Four Answer
What loophole in Shylock’s bond allows Portia to stop him from taking a pound of Antonio’s flesh?
(B) Shylock is entitled only to flesh, but not blood
Question Five
How is Shylock punished for seeking to take Antonio’s life?
(A) He is banished. (B) He is ordered to surrender all his
property to the Church of Rome. (C) He must convert to Christianity and
will his possessions to Jessica and Lorenzo upon his death.
(D) He must work as Antonio’s servant for the remainder of his life.
Question Five Answer
How is Shylock punished for seeking to take Antonio’s life?
(C) He must convert to Christianity and will his possessions to Jessica and Lorenzo upon his death
Question Six
What does Bassanio offer the young law clerk who saves Antonio?
(A) His gloves (B) His wife (C) The ring that Portia gave him (D) The three thousand ducats
originally due to Shylock
Question Six Answer
What does Bassanio offer the young law clerk who saves Antonio?
(C) The ring that Portia gave him
Question Seven
What news does Antonio receive at the play’s end?
(A) Shylock has killed himself. (B) Some of the ships he supposed were
lost have arrived in port. (C) The duke of Venice has changed his
mind and finds Antonio guilty of forfeiture of Shylock’s bond.
(D) His long lost brother has been found.
Question Seven Answer
What news does Antonio receive at the play’s end?
B) Some of the ships he supposed were lost have arrived in port
Question Eight
Who said it and when… (bonus point for act/line number)…
The quality of mercy is not strained.It droppeth as the gentle rain from heavenUpon the place beneath. . . .
Question Eight Answer
Portia(IV.i.179–197)In court – trying to persuade
Shylock to release Antonio.
Question Nine
Who said it and when (Bonus for act/line number)…..
What if my house be troubled with a rat,And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducatsTo have it baned? What, are you answered yet?
Question Nine Answer
Shylock (IV.i.43–61) Trying to persuade the court to
understand his right to kill Antonio
Question Ten
According to Tubal’s report, for what did Jessica trade Shylock’s most precious ring?
(A) A gondola (B) A horse for Bassanio (C) A christening gown for her
first child (D) A monkey
Question Ten Answer
According to Tubal’s report, for what did Jessica trade Shylock’s most precious ring?
(D) A monkey