High School: 9th and 10th Grade - Literature - The Merchant Of Venice - Extract 1 Solution - MCQGeeks.com

Q.1.

What is the immediate context for this passage?

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Jessica has sent a message to Lorenzo
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Salanio and Salerio have been taunting Shylock about his daughter
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Portia has encouraged Shylock to show mercy
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Antonio has admitted to Shylock that he cannot pay the debt

Q.2.

What immediately follows this passage?

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Antonio visits Belmont
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Portia adopts her disguise
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Bassanio chooses the correct casket
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Shylock makes his claim in court

Q.3.

Which of the following emotions does Shylock NOT express in this passage?

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Sorrow
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Pity
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Anger
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Hatred

Q.4.

"But Antonio is certainly undone." What effect does Tubal's statement produce in Shylock?

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He becomes filled with grief
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He forgets his daughter's thefts
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He is distracted from his grief
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His desire for revenge on his daughter grows greater

Q.5.

What is Shylock's most explicit condemnation of his daughter?

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She is spending money carelessly
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She is making a spectacle of herself
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She has not sent him any message
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She is spending too much time with Christians

Q.6.

What is the most striking characteristic of Shylock's speech in this passage?

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Repetition
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A reliance upon monosyllabic words
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A tendency to use archaic vocabulary
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A tendency to use foreign or exotic vocabulary

Q.7.

What value does Shylock place on the turquoise ring?

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Four score (eighty) ducats
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A wilderness of monkeys
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Emotional
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None

Q.8.

Which of the following is true of the news from Genoa?

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Jessica's revelry brings Shylock pain
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Antonio's misfortunes bring Shylock joy
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The news makes Shylock more determined upon revenge
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All of the above

Q.9.

"Thou stick'st a dagger in me." What is the significance of this line?

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Tubal empathizes with Jessica
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Shylock distrusts Tubal
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The metaphorical dagger will become real
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All of the above

Q.10.

Which of the following words links Shylock's pain to his desire for vengeance?

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Torture
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Swear
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Break
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Wreck