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Merchant of Venice Context
Shakespeare's plays were often...
The atmosphere in Venice was...
Merchant of Venice Context
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Context of Merchant of Venice
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1
The atmosphere in Venice was...
carnival like
serene
conservative
antagonistic
2
Shakespeare's plays were often...
bawdy
lewd
tragic
all of the above
3
When the antagonist walked out on the Globe stage, the crowd would have..
guffawed
hissed and booed
been afraid
sat quietly
4
a line of ten syllables and five “beats” or stresses is called...
Iambic Pentameter
the beat
Metrical Correlatives
Iambic Pentametre
5
Which words won't belong in your analysis essays of the play?
listener, plot, I
Vice, Antagonist, Protagonist
Playwright, script, scene
Audience, soliloquy
6
When the audience knows something the characters do not it is called...
ironically subversive
dramatic irony
silly
a soliloquy
7
Punishment and law in Elizabethan England was often...
Public and violent
Expensive to go and watch
decided on a vote
broadcast on television
8
A merchant is a..
a banker
a judge
a trader
a song by mermaids
9
In the globe audiences would normally...
annotate the script as it was performed
stand quietly
stand and get drunk
sit down and pontificate
10
How might we describe a bad guy?
Vice
Nemesis
Antagonist
All of these
11
Shakespeare was anti-semitic!
Nobody knows!
True!
False!
Shakespeare didn't exist!
12
When something happens or is said that prepares the audience for something coming later, it is
a denoument
a motif
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
13
Usury is the practice of...
giving money for free
An R n B star
lending money for unreasonable interest
lending money
14
Elizabethan audiences were probably...
Prejudiced and Artistic
Arts lovers who were anti-semetic
Christian and Anti-Semetic
Christian and rich
15
What characterises Venice in the time of the play?
All of the above
Immoral Indulgence
Mercantile Trade
Christianity
16
The dénouementis the...
End
Start
Middle bit
Resolution
17
Marriage in Venice was often...
Economic
Convenient
Patriarchal
Romantic
18
Jewish people were considered money hungry misers because...
they could give loans and charge interest
they were poor from travelling
they were different
jewish people were really like this
19
In Venice women were often seen as...
attractive
respectfully
A type of commodity
old spinsters
20
Why were Jewish people hated?
All of the above
They didn't believe in mercy
They were different
They were allowed to charge interest
21
The Merchant of Venice is a...
Romance
Problem Play
Comedy
Tragedy
