Being frugal and having a large nose are two of the stereotypes associated with being this.
What is Jewish?
100
The casket Morocco picked was made of this.
What is gold?
100
Shylock demanded this if Antonio could not pay back his loan on time.
What is a pound of flesh?
100
Jessica dressing up as a page on Shrove Tuesday is an example of this element of Shakespearean comedy.
What is disguise?
200
"Why, this bond is forfeit,
And lawfully by this the Jew may claim
A pound of flesh"
Who is Portia/Balthasar?
200
Jessica is forbidden from attending this Christian celebration.
What is Shrove Tuesday (Pancake Day)?
200
Bassanio found this in the casket he picked.
What is a portrait/picture/painting of Portia?
200
Bassanio asks for this amount from Antonio, who in turn asks this amount from Shylock.
What is 3000 ducats?
200
This is the "clown" character of this play.
Who is Launcelot?
300
"But though I am a daughter to his blood,
I am not to his manners."
Who is Jessica?
300
The practice of money-lending with interest, which is mentioned in both the Christian Bible and the Jewish Torah.
What is usury?
300
This was the consequence the suitors agreed to if they picked the wrong casket.
What is they will never be able to marry?
300
This is what Portia/Balthasar tells Shylock he is NOT allowed to take from Antonio.
What is (a drop of) blood?
300
Portia and Nerissa, disguised as the lawyer and the clerk during the trial, receive these from their husbands.
What are rings?
400
"Thou art come to answer
A stony adversary, an inhuman wretch,
Uncapable of pity, void and empty
From any dram of mercy."
Who is the Duke?
400
The Duke and Portia (among others) call upon Shylock to show this, even though they never seemed to show this to him.
What is mercy?
400
This character chose the casket that said, "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves"?
Who is Arragon?
400
This is the punishment for conspiring to kill a citizen of Venice.
What is death?
400
"I beseech you, sir, go. My young master doth
expect your reproach" is an example of this feature of comedy.
What is a malapropism?
500
"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,
A stage, where every man must play a part,
And mine a sad one."
Who is Antonio?
500
The term for hostility or prejudice against Jewish people.
What is Anti-Semitism?
500
This was inscribed on the lead casket.
What is "Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath"?
500
The Duke receives a letter from this character, who says he is sick and cannot make it to the trial.
Who is Bellario?
500
"It is much that the Moor should be more than reason; but if she be less than an honest woman, she is indeed more than I took her for" is an example of this feature of comedy.