Act 1
Who came up with the plan for the three chests?
What does the Prince of Morocco find in his chest?
A skull
Why do Portia and Nerissa travel to Venice in Act 3, Scene 4?
To attend Antonio's trial disguised as men.
The court awarded Shylock the right to take Antonio's flesh but not his _________.
Blood
Because Bassiano gave her ring away, Portia
a) was genuinely angry
b) pretended to be angry
c) filed for divorce
d) thought he didn't love her
Answer: b) pretended to be angry
What condition does Shylock place on the loan of 3000 ducats?
Antonio must give Shylock a pound of flesh if he cannot repay.
Who did Jessica elope with?
Lorenzo
What chest does Bassiano choose to win Portia's hand in marriage?
The lead chest.
What was Shylock's punishment at the end of his trial?
He was forced to give half of his wealth to Antonio, and the other half to his daughter after his death.
What does Portia say she will never do until she sees the ring?
a) allow Bassanio in her bed
b) sleep in peace
c) let Antonio stay in Belmont
d) speak to Bassanio
a) allow Bassanio in her bed
Why does Bassiano ask Antonio for money?
What was inside of the silver chest?
What does Portia give Bassiano as a token of her love?
A ring.
What did the lawyer (Portia) request as their fee after the trial?
Bassiano's ring
Who says this line: "Well, while I live I'll fear no other thing / So sore as keeping safe Nerissa's ring".
Gratiano
"Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath". What chest was this written on?
The lead chest.
"Still more fool I shall appear / By the time I linger here: / With one fool's head I came to woo, / But I go away with two".
Who says this, and what does it mean?
The Prince of Arragon.
He is saying that he came as a fool, and now he is leaving with another fool (the portrait of the blinking idiot, which was in the chest.)
Who opened the silver chest?
The prince of Arragon
"I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all, / Here to this devil, to deliver you" (Shakespeare 4.1 284-285).
Who speaks this line?
Bassiano
What did Antonio learn at the end of the play?
That some of his ships arrived safely.
Portia lived at ______________.
Belmont
What was written on the gold chest?
"Who chooseth me shall have what many men desire."
What was written on the silver chest?
"Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves."
"The quality of mercy is not strain'd; / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven / Upon the place beneath".
Who speaks this line?
Portia disguised as Balthasar the lawyer.
Where does Portia tell Lorenzo that she has been?
a) “Praying for our husbands’ welfare”
b) “tending to the work of a wife”
c) in the courtroom in Venice
d) “Visiting mine uncle in Padua”
a) “Praying for our husbands’ welfare”