Q.1
What is the immediate context for this passage?
  • Jessica has sent a message to Lorenzo
  • Salanio and Salerio have been taunting Shylock about his daughter
  • Portia has encouraged Shylock to show mercy
  • Antonio has admitted to Shylock that he cannot pay the debt
Q.2
What immediately follows this passage?
  • Antonio visits Belmont
  • Portia adopts her disguise
  • Bassanio chooses the correct casket
  • Shylock makes his claim in court
Q.3
Which of the following emotions does Shylock NOT express in this passage?
  • Sorrow
  • Pity
  • Anger
  • Hatred
Q.4
"But Antonio is certainly undone." What effect does Tubal's statement produce in Shylock?
  • He becomes filled with grief
  • He forgets his daughter's thefts
  • He is distracted from his grief
  • His desire for revenge on his daughter grows greater
Q.5
What is Shylock's most explicit condemnation of his daughter?
  • She is spending money carelessly
  • She is making a spectacle of herself
  • She has not sent him any message
  • She is spending too much time with Christians
Q.6
What is the most striking characteristic of Shylock's speech in this passage?
  • Repetition
  • A reliance upon monosyllabic words
  • A tendency to use archaic vocabulary
  • A tendency to use foreign or exotic vocabulary
Q.7
What value does Shylock place on the turquoise ring?
  • Four score (eighty) ducats
  • A wilderness of monkeys
  • Emotional
  • None
Q.8
Which of the following is true of the news from Genoa?
  • Jessica's revelry brings Shylock pain
  • Antonio's misfortunes bring Shylock joy
  • The news makes Shylock more determined upon revenge
  • All of the above
Q.9
"Thou stick'st a dagger in me." What is the significance of this line?
  • Tubal empathizes with Jessica
  • Shylock distrusts Tubal
  • The metaphorical dagger will become real
  • All of the above
Q.10
Which of the following words links Shylock's pain to his desire for vengeance?
  • Torture
  • Swear
  • Break
  • Wreck
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