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1
What did Portia and Nerissa dress up as?
Rich people
Doctors
Judges
Lawyers
2
The lawyers voice is "Like a swimmer coming up for air". What technique is this?
Personification
Simile
Hyperbole
Metaphor
3
For those who choose the wrong casket, what must they agree to?
To give all their money to Portia
To pay 3000 ducats
To give all their money to the poor
To never ask another woman to marry them
4
If this flag was flying, what play would be showing?
A Comedy
A Tragedy
A History
5
What technique is "But since I am a dog, beware my fangs."?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Alliteration
Simile
6
How many 'protected characteristics' are there?
7
9
8
6
7
Who says, "I am not well"
The Judge
Bassanio
Shylock
Antonio
8
Who says, "Let him look to his bond"?
Shylock
Antonio
Portia
Gratiano
9
In the Globe Theatre, where would most common people be?
The Balcony / Galleries
The Heavens
The Stage
The Yard / The Pit
10
What is it that "blesseth him that gives and him that takes"?
Justice
Mercy
Gold
The Law
11
Shakespeare created the phrase, "A wild goose chase"
True
False
12
Shakespeare was born in London
True
False
13
Which casket did Morocco choose?
Gold
He didn't choose
Silver
Lead
14
Jessica trades Shylock's dead wife's ring for...
a dress
500 ducats
a monkey
3000 ducats
15
Who does Shylock's daughter, Jessica, run away with?
Gratiano
Launcelot
Bassanio
Lorenzo
16
Which casket did Gratiano choose?
Lead
Silver
Gold
He didn't choose
17
How many Acts do most of Shakespeares plays have?
4
6
3
5
18
Why did Bassanio give the lawyer his wife's ring?
Because Portia wouldn't mind
Because he saved Antonio's life
Because Antonio told him to
Because he didn't care about it
19
Who says, "The quality of mercy is not strained"?
Bassanio
Shylock
Antonio
Portia
20
Who was on the throne when Shakespeare wrote the play?
Charles II
Elizabeth I
Henry VIII
James I and VI
21
How much money does Bassanio offer Shylock?
3000 ducats
36000 ducats
6000 ducats
1000 ducats
22
When did Shakespeare write the play?
1898
1798
1698
1598
23
Who is the merchant of Venice?
Shylock
Bassanio
Anthony
Antonio
24
Why can't Portia choose her own husband?
Her dad said so
She is too poor
No one wants to marry her
25
Which casket has the inscription, "Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves."?
Gold
Silver
Lead
26
Shakespeare created the phrase, "love is blind"
True
False
27
Comedies usually end with
A wedding
Everyone making lots of money
The bad people dying
Everyone forgiving each other
28
To convince Antonio to give him money, Bassanio uses...
Repetition
Rhetorical questions
Emotive Language
An Anecdote
29
Which of these does Martin Luther King NOT repeat in his 'I have a dream speech'
Now is the time
We shall never surrender
Let freedom ring
With this faith
30
What technique is this, "Shylock has a stone heart"
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
Simile
31
Who is most to blame for the events of the play?
Antonio
Bassanio
Shylock
32
If this flag was flying, what kind of play would be played?
A History
A Comedy
A Tragedy
33
When was the 'Equality Act' created?
2014
2010
2011
2012
34
What technique is this, "The water was as cold as ice"?
Onomatopoeia
Simile
Metaphor
Alliteration
35
What did Shylock need to do in the end?
Give all his money to Antonio
Become a Christian
Give all his money to Jessica
