The Merchant of Venice (Act 1 scenes 1 and 2)

Which character does Shakespeare refer to as the "Merchant of Venice" in the play?

• Lorenzo

• Bassanio

• Antonio

• Shylock

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Which character says

"In sooth, I know not why I am so sad" (Act 1 Scene 1)?

• Antonio

• Bassanio

• Portia

• Salarino

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What two reasons do Salarino and Salanio suggest about the root cause of Antonio's sadness? (Choose two options)

• He is poor

• His old age

• His business investments on ships

• He is in love

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Why does Bassanio need money?

• To buy his friend a new home

• To travel to Spain and get a job.

• To woo over the heiress Portia in Belmont.

• To travel to see his best friend in the countryside and pay off his debts.

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Antonio is more than willing to lend the money directly to his friend Bassanio, who he loves dearly, but is unable to because all of Antonio's money is currently...

• invested in farm land.

• invested in ships at sea.

• invested in his home.

• is invested in the Christian church.

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According to her father's will, Portia gets to choose her future husband?

• TRUE

• FALSE

A soliloquy is....

• a type of monologue in which a character speaks to themselves alone on stage revealing their most private thoughts/feelings.

• two consecutive lines of verse (poetry) that rhyme, and often complete one thought. 

• when the audience understands more about a situation than some of the characters do.

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The test for Portia's hand in marriage is known as the...

• Bond Plot

• Casket Plot

• Ring Plot

• Marriage Ceremony Plot

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Which of the suitors that have arrived in Belmont does Portia say she could tolerate marrying?

• Baron Falconbridge

• The Neapolitan Prince

• County Palatine

• The Duke of Saxony's Nephew

• None of them

This literary device occurs when the audience knows something that the characters on stage do not.

• Prose

• Verse

• Soliloquy

• Dramatic Irony

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