NO ANSWERS 10Б LITERATURE computer test quarter 1 2023-24 academic year

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Lend A contract promising to pay after a set

amount of time
Borrow Items to be worn as accessories, often
made of precious metals like gold or
silver
bond The total of something
Harm An adjective for things or people coming
from an Italian city
Inherit The setting of a Shakespearian play
Sum To hurt or damage
Disguise To give money (or an item) to someone
else until the person can pay it back
Jewelry To get something (money, houses, etc)
when someone dies
Moneylender a job title for someone who gives loans
Venetian To take money (or an item) from
someone until you can pay it back
Venice To wear different clothes and pretend to
be someone else

1. Which character signs a bond and borrows 3000 gold coins?

a. Shylock
b. Antonio
c. Bassanio
d. Lorenzo

2. Which character has the hope of helping a friend?

a. Shylock
b. Antonio
c. Jessica
d. Lorenzo

3. Which sentence is the best paraphrase of the original text: “In Belmont is a lady richly left…”
a. A woman left Belmont with a lot of money.
b. A rich woman will leave Belmont soon.
c. Belmont left a woman for someone with a larger inheritance.
d. There is a woman in Belmont who has a large inheritance.

4. At the time “Merchant of Venice” was written, it was common for ___to have a negative view of ____.
a. Europeans, Jewish
b. Jewish, Europe
c. Europeans, Jews
d. Jews, Europe
5. What is NOT true about Shakespeare?
a. He added many words to the English language.
b. His plays had universal themes like love, ambition and war
c. His works are considered by many to be beautifully written
d. He wrote plays and no other works

6. What is Antonio’s money invested in?

a. trading ships
b. gold
c. livestock
d. bonds

7. Who is the judge at the trial in “Merchant of Venice”?

a. Antonio
b. Lorenzo
c. Gratiano
d. The Duke

8. Who marries Lorenzo?

a. Portia
b. Nerissa
c. Jessica
d. the lawyer

9. Who marries Portia’s servant Nerissa?

a. Antonio
b. Lorenzo
c. Gratiano
d. The Duke

10. Who is a protagonist in “Merchant of Venice”?

a. Antonio
b. Lorenzo
c. Gratiano
d. The Duke

11. Who is an antagonist in “Merchant of Venice”?

a. Shylock
b. Antonio
c. Jessica
d. Lorenzo

12. What did Portia’s father make men promise to do if they failed his challenge?
a. give Portia all their money
b. never get married
c. leave Venice forever
d. give a pound of their flesh
13. What challenge did Portia’s father create for men who wanted to marry his daughter?
a. a treasure hunt
b. a sword fight
c. a dangerous journey
d. a guessing game

14. What does Shylock request if Antonio can’t pay him back?
a. 6,000 gold coins
b. a silver casket
c. a pound of his flesh
d. his heart

15. Why does Antonio agree to Shylock’s strange condition of the loan?
a. he is sure his ships will return
b. he trusts Shylock is a good man
c. he knows he has a good lawyer
d. he is sure Shylock is only joking

16. Disguised as a lawyer, what does Portia ask Shylock to do?

a. to take the pound of flesh
b. to forget about the loan
c. to have mercy
d. to take half of the gold coins

17. Which is NOT a reason given in the text for Bassiano wanting to marry Portia?
a. she is beautiful
b. she has a lot of money
c. he thinks she likes him
d. he believes Portia is really intelligent

18. Which is true about Bassiano?

a. He worked really hard for his father
b. He was Jewish but no one knew about it
c. He spent the inheritance he had
d. He had several ships at sea

19. Which character borrows 3,000 gold coins from a friend?

a. Antonio
b. Bassiano
c. Shylock
d. Portia

20. What reason does the Spanish prince give for choosing the silver casket?
a. He says he wants what all men want
b. He says he likes silver better than gold
c. He says that silver looks good with his hair
d. He says he is unique and doesn’t want what everyone else wants
21. Which casket does the African prince choose?
a. the gold one
b. the silver one
c. the lead one
d. he doesn’t choose

22. Which is NOT a possible meaning of the phrase “all that glitters/glistens is not gold”?
a. many things are not as they appear
b. gold is fake and worthless
c. a beautiful outside may hide an ugly inside
d. don’t always choose the thing that looks the best

23. Where does the phrase “all that glitters/glistens is not gold” come in the play?
a. in Portia’s speech to Shylock
b. inside the casket the African prince chooses
c. in Antonio’s plea for mercy from Shylock
d. after Bassanio marries Portia

24. Which is true about Jessica’s marriage to Lorenzo?

a. they married after knowing each other for a long time
b. they had Jessica’s father’s permission
c. they had a large, expensive wedding
d. they got married quickly after Jessica ran away from home

25. What did Portia ask her cousin for?

a. money and advice
b. clothing and ideas
c. him to come to Venice
d. help and money

26. What do Portia and Nerissa do when their husbands leave for Venice?
a. they stay at home the whole time
b. they go visit the countryside to relax
c. they sit and chat
d. they dress up and go to Venice

27. Who does Portia pretend to be?

a. The Duke
b. a Queen
c. a clerk
d. a lawyer

28. Why do Portia and Nerissa wear men’s clothes?

a. in order to help Antonio
b. so people in Venice would recognize them
c. because they were tired of traditional women’s clothes
d. to play a joke on their husbands
29. What reason does Portia’s cousin give the Duke for not coming to the trial?
a. he says he is busy
b. he says he is ill
c. he says he is traveling
d. he says he doesn’t want to come

30. Up to how much are Bassanio and Portia willing to pay to save Antonio?
a. the amount he borrowed
b. twice the amount he borrowed
c. three times the amount he borrowed
d. half the amount he borrowed

31. What does the “young lawyer” say Shylock should have for Antonio?
a. mercy
b. medical treatment
c. doctors
d. medical treatment, mercy and doctors

32. What does the Duke say about Shylock asking for a pound of flesh?
a. it is against the law
b. the law says he has a right to do it
c. that Shylock shouldn’t have mercy
d. that Shylock must take 6,000 coins instead

33. What is the “catch” in the agreement that the lawyer finds?
a. Shylock can’t take flesh near the heart
b. Antonio was forced to sign the bond
c. Shylock made a falsified bond
d. Shylock can’t take blood with the flesh

34. Which roles did Portia and Nerissa play during the trial? Portia was ___and Nerissa was ___.
a. the Duke and a clerk
b. a lawyer and a judge
c. a lawyer and a clerk
d. a clerk and the Duke

35. Why didn’t Shylock like Antonio?

a. because Antonio wasn’t a Jew
b. because Antonio was generous to his friends
c. because Antonio was a trader
d. because Antonio wanted to marry Jessica

36. What is inside the silver casket?

a. a picture of Jessica
b. a picture of a skull
c. a picture of a fool
d. gold coins
37. What is inside the lead casket?
a. a picture of Jessica
b. a picture of a skull
c. a picture of a fool
d. gold coins

38. What is inside the gold casket?

a. a picture of Jessica
b. a picture of a skull
c. a picture of a fool
d. gold coins

39. Which is NOT a reason that Jessica runs away?

a. she wants to get married
b. her father is mean
c. she does all the work at home
d. she doesn’t like Venice

40. Approximately when was the play “Merchant of Venice” written?

a. 1597
b. 1689
c. 1536
d. 1654