ACT 1
Venice and Belmont
What are the two settings in the play?
Lead, Silver and Gold
What are the three caskets?
The removal of this signifies the end of a love
What is a ring Portia gives to Bassanio?
The clown of The Merchant of Venice
Who is Launcelot?
Shylock
Who is one of the main characters, antagonist, jewish moneylender, merchant, rich?
The first prince who picks a casket
Who is the Prince of Morocco?
Jessica compares Bassanio to what Greek hero
Who is Hercules?
Nerissa
Who is Portia’s waiting maid, in love with Gratiano?
The reason Bassanio goes on secret pilgrimages
What are is - for love, Portia
What this line are; “Turn up on your right hand at the next turning, but at the next turning of all on your left. Marry, at the very next turning turn of no hand, but turn down indirectly to the Jew’s house.
What are bad directions Launcelot gives?
Portia, Bassanio, Nerissa, Gratiano
What is a double wedding?
A moneylender and Father
Who is Shylock?
Business and Love
What are the reasons Salarino and Salerio thought Antonio was sad?
The religious festival being celebrated.
What is Strove Tuesday?
This character was ignored by others in Belmont, after Bassanio reads a letter from Antonio
Who is Jessica?
There is more difference between thy flesh and hers than between jet and ivory
Who are Shylock and Jessica?
The speaker of these lines “Let me play the fool…”
Who is Gratiano?
The literary element evident in these lines, “If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife/Become a Christian and thy loving wife”
What is a rhyme?
Arguably the most significant lines in the play, “Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons” center on these two themes
What is mercy and revenge?
Bassanio’s servant’s father
Who is Gobbo?