Basic
Portia's Suitors
Act I
Figurative Language
100
In what country does the play take place?
Italy
100
Who does Nerissa feel is best for Portia?
Bassanio
100
What are the terms of Antonio and Shylock's deal?
3000 ducats for 3 months The forfeit is a pound of Antonio's flesh
100

Who makes the biblical allusion to Jacob in Genesis

Shylock

200
Who is the Merchant of Venice?
Antonio
200
Who made the test for Portia and what kind of caskets does it contain?
Portia's father Gold-Silver-Lead
200

What analogy does Bassanio use when asking Antonio for another loan? 

Shooting a second arrow in the same direction to find the first

200
"His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff—you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them they are not worth the search." What kind of figurative language is this?
simile
300

Where does Portia live and who is her servant?

Belmont, Nerissa

300
Why does Portia not want to marry the German?
He drinks too much "Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober, and most vilely in the afternoon, when he is drunk."
300
Why do Antonio's friends think he is worried?
They think he is worried about his merchant ships
300
"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano— A stage where every man must play a part, And mine a sad one." Who says this and what is it an example of?
Antonio-----metaphor
400

Where do Bassanio and Antonio live?

Venice

400
Why does Portia not want to marry Monsieur Le Bon?
He tries to outdo everybody "He is every man in no man. If a throstle sing, he falls straight a- capering. He will fence with his own shadow. If I should marry him, I should marry twenty husbands."
400
Why does Bassanio need to borrow money?
He needs to pay off his debt and plans to by marrying Portia.
400
"...and her sunny locks Hang on her temples like a golden fleece, Which makes her seat of Belmont Colchos' strand" What is this an example of and who says it?
simile-----Bassonio
500

What are the two different religions in the act and name one character from each faith

Jewish- Shylock Christian- Salarino Salanio Antonio Bassanio Lorenzo Gratiano Portia Nerissa

500
Which suitor does not speak the same as Portia?
Falconbridge, the young baron of England
500
Why does Shylock not like Antonio?
He lends money without interest. "I hate him for he is a Christian, But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice."
500

"Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads." What figurative language is being used here? (2 accepetable answers)



Imagery, alliteration

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