Q.1
What is the immediate context of this passage?
  • Shylock has just vowed vengeance on Antonio
  • Portia and Nerissa have disguised themselves as men
  • Antonio has been brought to court
  • Shylock has just lent money to Antonio
Q.2
What immediately follows this excerpt?
  • Tubal goes in search of Jessica
  • Graziano gives away his ring
  • Portia sends a message to Bellario
  • Bassanio receives a letter telling of Antonio's lost ships
Q.3
Bassanio feels fairly confident in his gamble. Which of the following statements expresses this mixture of hope and confidence?
  • "Thy paleness moves me more than eloquence"
  • "Yet look how far / The substance of my praise doth wrong this shadow"
  • "What demi-god / Hath come so near creation?"
  • "And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!"
Q.4
"Nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge / ‘Tween man and man." What does Bassanio describe and reject in these lines?
  • The gold casket
  • The silver casket
  • The lead casket
  • The portrait of Portia
Q.5
"In measure rain thy joy; scant this excess." To whom or what does Portia speak in these lines?
  • Jealousy
  • Bassanio
  • Love
  • Nerissa
Q.6
What is "fair Portia's counterfeit"?
  • The scroll
  • Her portrait
  • The golden mesh
  • Some gold coins
Q.7
What is significant about the word "counterfeit"?
  • The use of the word raises questions about where value is located and how it can be recognized
  • The use of the word reminds the audience that the appearance of the caskets was deceptive
  • The use of the word reminds the audience that Bassanio seeks Portia's fortune
  • All of the above
Q.8
"Here are severed lips / Parted with sugar breath. So sweet a bar / Should sunder such sweet friends." Which of the following states is emphasized in these lines?
  • Separation
  • Perfect contentment
  • Illness
  • Overabundant richness
Q.9
Bassanio turns his doubt into a game. He doubts his good fortune, the message in the scroll telling him that Portia is his, the counterfeit image and the evidence of his own eyes. How does Portia respond?
  • She dismisses his doubts as silly
  • She encourages him to trust in what he sees
  • She tells him to believe in what he hears
  • She encourages his doubt
Q.10
Bassanio describes the scroll as the "continent and summary" of his fortune. "Continent" here means "container". What does the scroll contain?
  • Bassanio's right to Portia's estate
  • Words
  • Bassanio's right to marry Portia
  • All of the above
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