1. The Merchant of Venice was written by
a) T.S. Eliot
b) Christopher Marlowe
c) William Shakespeare
d) Charles Dickens
Answer – C
2. Antonio is a_____
a) Sailor
b) Thief
c) Merchant
d) Goldsmith
Answer – C
3. When the play starts Antonio is described as____
a) corrupt
b) ambiguous
c) depressed
d) happy
Answer – C
4. What is Antonio concerned about at the beginning of the play?
a) His mother
b) His merchandise
c) His melancholy
d) None of the above
Answer – C
5. What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play?
a) He stands to lose a fortune in his present business ventures
b) He owes a fantastic sum of money to shy
c) He gives no reason
d) The woman he loves does not return his feeling
Answer – C
6. Salerio is friend of __
a) Antonio
b) Bassanio
c) Portia
d) Both (a), (b)
Answer – D
7. Who is Solanio?
a) Friend of Bassanio & Antonio
b) Friend of Tubal & Shylock
c) Friend of Jessica & Lorenzo
d) Friend of Portia & Nerissa
Answer – A
8. What does Salerio think about Antonio’s sadness?
a) His mother’s sickness
b) Worry over his ships
c) Love
d) Competition in the market Answer – B
9. Who said this “In sooth, I know not why I am so sad”
a) Portia
b) Bassanio
c) Antonio
d) Shylock
Answer – C
10. Who said this? “I hold the world but as the world Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part. And mine a sad one”
a) Solanio
b) Lorenzo
c) Antonio
d) Shylock
Answer – C
11. Who “speaks an infinite deal of nothing”?
a) Gratiano
b) Bassanio
c) Shylock
d) Lorenzo
Answer – A
12. Gratiano notices Antonio’s
a) Ladylove
b) Unhappiness
c) Physical problem
d) None of the above
Answer – B
13. Who said this line “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
a) Gratiano
b) Salerio
c) Solanio
d) Launcelot Gobbo
Answer – A
14. How is Bassanio related to Antonio?
a) Bassanio is his uncle
b) Bassanio is his best friend
c) Bassanio is his brother
d) Bassanio is his cousin
Answer – B
15. Bassanio’s best friend ____
a) Shylock
b) Jessica
c) Antonio
d) Gratiano
Answer – C
16. Antonio compares the life on this earth to?
a) A book
b) A dream
c) A staged play
d) A living legend
Answer – C
17. Who is the merchant of Venice?
a) Portia
b) Shylock
c) Antonio
d) Bassanio
Answer – C
18. Bassanio asks his friend___ for a loan
a) Antonio
b) Solanio
c) Gratiano
d) Shylock
Answer – A
19. Portia is a wealthy heiress of__
a) Belmont
b) Italy
c) Scotland
d) Venice
Answer – A
20. Bassanio wants to marry Portia for what reason?
a) because his lonely
b) because she is beautiful
c) because she is rich
d) because he loves her
Answer – D
21. Bassanio wants a loan so that he can
a) Put on a lavish wedding
b) Throw a huge dinner party for shylock
c) Travel to Belmont
d) Pay back his family after squandering
Answer – C
22. Who needs money to suit Portia?
a) Prince of Arragon
b) Bassanio
c) Lorenzo
d) Prince of Morocco
Answer – B
23. Who said “my little body is a weary of this great world”?
a) Gratiano
b) Antonio
c) Portia
d) Jessica
Answer – C
24. Which of these men is not mentioned as one of Portia’s suitors?
a) Neapolitan Prince
b) County Palatine
c) Duke of Saxony
d) Monsieur Le Bon
Answer – C
25. How many suitors fail the casket test?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) Not mentioned
Answer – D
26. The Caskets which Portia’s suitors must choose which are made of
a) Marble, Stone, Brick
b) Teak, Mahogany, Pine
c) Teak, Porcelain, Clay
d) Gold, Silver, Lead
Answer – D
27. Where Portia’s house is located?
a) Padua
b) Rome
c) Venice
d) Belmont
Answer – D
28. __ is the waiting lady of Portia
a) Jessica
b) Nerissa
c) Thisbe
d) Helena
Answer – B
29. How do Nerissa and Portia know Bassanio?
a) He visited them once and presented himbyelf as a scholar and a soldier
b) He has arrived with the other suitors in Act I
c) They met him once on the Rialto
d) They don’t kno aw him at all
Answer – A
30. Which of these men is not mentioned as one of Portia’s suitors?
a) Falconbridge
b) Scottish lord
c) Young German
d) Antonio
Answer – D
31. Which of these is not a choice of casket?
a) Wood
b) Gold
c) Silver
d) Lead
Answer – A
32. Who is described as “a Venetian? A scholar and soldier”
a) Bassanio
b) Antonio
c) Gratiano
d) Shylock
Answer – A
33. ______ was the moneylender of Venice
a) Shylock
b) Antonio
c) Bassanio
d) Gratiano
Answer – A
34. Shylock is a_______
a) Christian
b) Muslim
c) Jew
d) Hindu
Answer – C
35. Shylock lived in____
a) Belmont
b) Venice
c) Rome
d) England
Answer – B 3
6. What is Shylock’s profession?
a) Lawyer
b) Merchant
c) Usurer
d) Tailor
Answer – C
37. Shylock hated____
a) Antonio
b) Jessica
c) Launcelot
d) Bassanio
Answer – A
38. Which of the following is not a reason Shylock gives for hating Antonio?
a) Antonio is in love with Shylock’s daughter Jessica
b) Antonio has insulted Shylock in the public place
c) Antonio hates Jews
d) Antonio lends money without interest which damages Shylock’s business
Answer – A
39. What does Shylock say he will not do with a Christian?
a) Walk, Talk, or stay with
b) Sell, Buy, or deal with
c) Lend, Borrow, or buy with
d) Eat, Drink, or pray with
Answer – D
40. _____is lending money at great interest from Christian merchants
a) Salerio
b) Solanio
c) Tubal
d) Shylock
Answer – D
41. Shylock dislikes Antonio intensely because Antonio___
a) Never repays his loans
b) Pretends he is your friend, and then swindles you
c) Publicly condemns Shylock for charging excessive interest
d) Refuses to haggles
Answer – C
42. Who said this? “How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him for he is a Christian”
a) Tubal
b) Duke
c) Chus
d) Shylock
Answer – D
43. Antonio agrees to borrow money from Shylock because
a) He wants to travel to Belmont
b) He wants to show the extent of his friendship for Bassanio
c) He needs money while his ships are at sea
d) He wants to trick Shylock
Answer – A
44. For how long does Bassanio wish to make a loan?
a) 1 month
b) 2 months
c) 3 months
d) 5months
Answer – C
45. How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio?
a) As his way of being charitable
b) As an opportunity for revenge
c) As a harmless prank
d) As a way of procuring food
Answer – C
45. Who says this line “I like not fair terms and a villain’s mind”
a) Portia
b) Duke
c) Antonio
d) Bassanio
Answer – D
46. How much money does Antonio borrow from Shylock?
a) 4000 ducats
b) 2000 ducats
c) 3000 ducats
d) 8000 ducats
Answer – C
47. If Antonio cannot pay the money back in three months he must give Shylock a pound of___
a) Blood
b) Gold
c) Sugar
d) Flesh
Answer – D
48. Who said this? “The devil can cite scripture for his purpose”
a) Salerio
b) Bassanio
c) Antonio
d) Shylock
Answer – B
49. What is Rialto?
a) Centre of Venice
b) Antonio’s ship
c) Bassanio’s ship
d) Church of Venice
Answer – C
50. What is the name “Young Baron of England”?
a) Falconbridge
b) Monseiur Le bon
c) County Palatine
d) Balthazar
Answer-A
