Question 1

Why does Shylock want to collect Antonio’s penalty?

Accepted Answer

to feed his revenge

Answer

to get his money back

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to get his daughter back

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he does not say

Question 2

What does Portia give Bassanio that he must swear never to part with?

Accepted Answer

a ring

Answer

the lead casket

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her love

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a lock of her golden hair

Question 3

Who arrives at Belmont late to the party, but with news?

Accepted Answer

Lorenzo and Jessica

Answer

Shylock and the Duke

Answer

Antonio and Bassanio

Answer

Salarino and Salario

Question 4

Where does Portia tell everyone that she is going?

Accepted Answer

to a monastery

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to Padua

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to her room

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to Venice

Question 5

Who does the Duke call into the courtroom?

Accepted Answer

Balthasar

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Nerissa

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Bassanio

Answer

Antonio

Question 6

When the sentence is passed, what does Portia ask?

Accepted Answer

Is there a scale to weigh the flesh that is cut off?

Answer

that Shylock’s bond gets torn up

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that the court reconsider

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that the court declares a mistrial

Question 7

What is the Duke’s final decision?

Accepted Answer

Antonio gets half of Shylock’s possessions.

Answer

Both Shylock and Antonio will be put in jail together.

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Shylock is free to tear up the bond and leave.

Answer

Antonio and Shylock must not do business again.

Question 8

What is the news about Jessica?

Accepted Answer

she is spending Shylock’s money wildly

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no one has seen her

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she is running around with Christians

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she is trying to get away from Lorenzo

Question 9

What surprise news does Gratiano give Bassanio?

Accepted Answer

that he has fallen in love with Nerissa

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that Antonio is dead

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that Shylock is on the hunt for Antonio

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that Antonio’s ships have all been destroyed

Question 10

How does Shylock respond to Antonio?

Accepted Answer

He asks for more time to pay off the loan.

Answer

He angrily criticizes Shylock.

Answer

He accepts that the law is the law.

Answer

He spits on Shylock.

Question 11

As Act IV opens, the Duke speaks to Antonio. How does the Duke feel about Antonio’s predicament?

Accepted Answer

he feels sorry for him

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he is angry with Antonio

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he doesn’t seem to care one way or the other

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he hopes Antonio has to pay the forfeiture of the bond

Question 12

Portia, dressed in disguise, tells Shylock that

Accepted Answer

his bond is good, but he must show mercy toward Antonio

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his bond is no good

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he has no place in a Christian courtroom

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he must take the offer that Bassanio has made

Question 13

As he is about to cut Antonio, what does Portia warn Shylock?

Accepted Answer

the bond doesn’t allow for you to shed any blood

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he will be damned if he proceeds

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he should make sure his knife is sharp

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the Christians will surely get him back if he proceeds

Question 14

What does Bassanio offer “Balthasar” once the trial is over?

Accepted Answer

to take Balthasar to dinner.

Answer

a ride back to Padua

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the 3,000 ducats owed to Shylock

Answer

to take Balthasar to meet Portia

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