The Merchant of Venice Quiz

"The Merchant of Venice" was written in the [blank_start]Elizabethan[blank_end] era.

Who does Shylock give the loan to?

Portia's three caskets are made from gold, silver and bronze.

Who chooses each casket? Gold - [blank_start]Prince of Morocco[blank_end] Silver - [blank_start]Prince of Arragon[blank_end] Lead - [blank_start]Bassanio[blank_end]

"I hate him for he is a [blank_start]Christian[blank_end], But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice." - Shylock

Who was the original master of Launcelot?

"I know the [blank_start]hand[blank_end]. In faith, ’tis a fair [blank_start]hand[blank_end], And whiter than the paper it writ on Is the fair [blank_start]hand[blank_end] that writ." - Lorenzo

Jessica is invited to Bassanio's dinner party as a guest with Shylock.

"Thus hath the [blank_start]candle[blank_end] singed the [blank_start]moth[blank_end]. O these deliberate fools! When they do choose, They have the wisdom by their wit to lose." - Portia

"I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew [blank_start]eyes[blank_end]? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer as a [blank_start]Christian[blank_end] is? " - Shylock

What is Portia's name when she is disguised as a lawyer?

Portia says that mercy is an attribute of [blank_start]God[blank_end].

What are the conditions of Shylock's release from court? (Select 2)

"You have among you many a purchased [blank_start]slave[blank_end] Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules, You use in abject and in [blank_start]slavish[blank_end] parts Because you bought them. " - Shylock

"The man that hath no [blank_start]music[blank_end] in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet [blank_start]sounds[blank_end], Is fit for treasons, stategems, and spoils. The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus." - Lorenzo