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1
Shylock’s insistence on having a pound of flesh rather than money shows that his resentment is stronger than his greed.
False
True
2
The play is set in Venice because the Elizabethans were fascinated by Italy.
False
True
3
Iago is a manipulator who infects Othello’s mind with the power of his words.
False
True
4
The Moor is a secure, self-confident man.
False
True
5
Christian characters in the play are only interested in money matters.
False
True
6
Othello is based on a story written by an Italian Renaissance writer.
True
False
7
Most of his plays were printed through his acting company in his lifetime.
True
False
8
His plays usually followed the three Aristotelian unities of time, place and action.
True
False
9
The Petrarchan sonnet can be defined as
a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a fixed rhyme scheme.
a fourteen-line poem with no fixed metre or rhyme scheme.
a fourteen-line poem with a sestet and an octave.
10
We have very little information about his life except through his plays and some legal documents.
False
True
11
Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets have
a different rhyming scheme and a different division.
a similar division and identical rhyming scheme.
the same rhyming scheme but a different division.
12
Shakespeare’s plays are often characterised by
frequent short scenes.
a contrast between scenes.
long drawn-out scenes.
13
Jealousy is one of the main themes of the play.
False
True
14
Shakespeare’s Othello is a man without dignity.
True
False
15
Merchants like Antonio lend money with interest.
True
False
16
Shylock’s greed is stronger than his love for his daughter.
True
False
17
Desdemona’s death can be seen as a punishment for marrying against her father’s wishes.
True
False
18
The English Renaissance was characterised by its Protestant, Puritan basis.
True
False
19
Relationships, and in particular family ties, were important in his plays and the characters
were principally from the aristocratic classes or royalty.
came from every social background from kings to servants.
were based on the Londoners of his day.
20
He used a great variety of characters and verse forms in his plays.
True
False
21
The English literature of the period was very much linked to the visual arts.
False
True
22
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon but was educated in London and Oxford.
False
True
23
The Renaissance is called the golden age of poetry because
of the recreation of epic poetry.
of the flourishing of songs and sonnets.
of the large numbers of foreign translations of poetry.
