The Merchant of Venice Final Quiz/Revision

What do you call a document which consists of character lines and stage directions?

Who was the merchant of Venice?

Which of the following is not someone who wanted to marry Portia?

Why did Bassanio need money?

What was Nerrisa's job, before she got married?

What genre is the play?

Where did Antonio get his money from?

In Renaissance Venice, people of two different religions were not allowed to marry each other

Usury in Venice was illegal by state laws

Who was the rich woman who Bassanio wanted to marry?

Who was the Usurer in Merchant of Venice?

Who took Portia's ring?

What is a modern term (word) for a usurer?

Usury was banned by the Catholic church

What is the word for an extended piece of speech spoken only by one character?

Which character do some people suggest may have been in love with Bassanio, other than Portia?

Which of the following is a line from Shylock's famous Aside/monologue?

Where is the play set?

How many couples got married over the course of the play?

Nerissa married Gratiano

Three people's rings were either lost, stolen, or given away over the course of the play

Who dressed as a Lawyer?

Which of the following is not a theme in the play?

Who was the "comic relief" character, who was also best friends with Jessica?

Any spoken content between two or more characters within the play is called what?

Which character had to convert to Christianity?

What is a casket?

If you are putting a quote in an answer, and you leave a bit of the quote blank, what symbol do you put

Who was Portia's best friend?

What does "forfeit" mean, in relation to the play?

Which of the following is an element of "staging"/"stagecraft"?

Where were Jews segregated to in Venice?

Which of the following is not a character in the play?

Who wrote the Merchant of Venice?

What is usury?

How many caskets were used to decide who marries Portia?

What was the forfeit for Antonio's debt?

What item of clothes were Jews forced to wear in Renaissance Venice?

Why did Bassanio find himself short on money?

Venice

Which of the following characters dressed as a boy at some point during the play?

What is a Merchant?

What is the word for a monologue which the audience can hear, but the other characters cannot?

During Shakespeare's time, it was common for women to choose who they would marry

Which of the following was not in one of the caskets?