Characters
The Merchant of Venice
Who is Antonio
Salarino and Solanio suggest these are the two cause of Antonio’s sadness
What is commercial concerns and love
What Antonio means when he says: “I oft deliver’d from his forfeitures many that have at times made moan to me, therefore he hates me.”
He means that Shylock hates him because he helped out people with their interest&loans given and demanded by Shylock.
What is Shylock so desperate to take from Antonio?
What is a pound of flesh
What casket does Bassanio chose?
What is the Lead casket
The daughter of Shylock
Who is Jessica
Where does the woman Bassanio is trying to court live?
What is Belmont
Its price will increase if Jessica converts
What is hogs/pigs
Who is the ultimate savior of Antonio?
Who is Portia
What is the name for Italians used in a derogatory way in England
Lombards
He talks too much
Who is Gratiano
Why must Portia have her suitor chosen by means of a chest?
What is her father's wishes/will
The literary device found in this quote :“It is much that the Moor should be more than reason”
What is alliteration
Portia, disguised as a lawyer, says that Shylock is allowed to cut out Antonio’s flesh as long as
No blood is shed in the process
Name of the most important bridge in Venice, where the trades take place
What is the Rialto Bridge
Who is Lorenzo
When the Prince of Morocco makes a reference to Phoebus, a Greek god of sun, it is what literary device
What is an allusion
What is the plan that Portia hatches with Nerissa?
What is, generally to dress as men and go to spy on their husbands
Who tells Bassanio to give the lawyer, Portia, what “he” asks for?
Who is Antonio
List the 4 humours
blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile or choleric, sanguine, melancholic, phlegmatic.
You can only answer with the fluids and titles combined if you get them correctly and don't mention duplicates (ie mentioning phlegm and phlegmatic)
Picked the silver casket
Who is Arragon
The three conditions in the oath which Arragon and Morocco were supposed to take.
First, he must never reveal to any other person which of the caskets he has selected. Second, if he does not win Portia, he should not woo any other lady. Third, if he chooses wrongly he must depart at once without further words.
What does Portia give to Bassanio that he must swear never to part with
What is a ring
Name of lawyer Portia is disguised as
What Shylock says in response to the court’s final decision
What is "I am content"