Wednesday 1 September 2021

MCQS ICSE Act-3

 1. What rumor do Salarino and Solanio discuss and then seek to have confirmed by Shylock?


Jessica running away

 

Antonio's lost ships

 

Bassanio's courtship of Portia

 

Jessica stealing a ring

2. Tubal reports Jessica has stolen a ring of Shylock's. What does she trade the ring for?

A monkey

 

Fine clothes

 

Portia's ring

 

Thousands of ducats

3. What cheers up Shylock after hearing of his daughter's theft?



Bassanio's financial ruin

 

News of Jessica's marriage

 

Tubal tells a joke

 

Antonio's financial ruin

4  In Act III, scene ii, Portia compares Bassanio to which figure?


Hercules

 

Thor

 

Athena

 

Mercury

5. What piece of bad news interrupts the celebrations at Belmont?



The outbreak of war

 

Shylock's arrival

 

Gratiano and Nerissa's engagement

 

Antonio's bankruptcy 

6. What animal does Shylock remember Antonio comparing him to?



A hind

 

A wolf

 

A dog

 

A sheep

7. Lorenzo and Portia discuss helping Antonio. Why does Portia agree to help?

She hates Shylock

 

Antonio is kind

 

Antonio is Bassanio's friend

 

For the challenge

8. Who does Portia send to Padua to secure clothing and documents for herself and Nerissa?

Portia's cousin, Doctor Bellario

 

Portia's servant, Balthasar

 

Portia's servant, Nerissa

 

Lorenzo

9. In Act III, scene v, what does Lorenzo chastise Launcelot for?


Impregnating a Moorish servant

 

Joking about bacon prices

 

Judging Shylock

 

Flirting with Jessica

10. Who does Lorenzo favorably compare himself to when speaking to Jessica?

Portia

 

Launcelot

 

Antonio

 

Shylock 

A.


B. 


C. 
D. 


Q.Why does Shylock want to collect Antonio’s penalty?

1 Q.What does Portia give Bassanio that he must swear never to part with?
2 Q.Who arrives at Belmont late to the party, but with news?
Who is discussing the fate of Antonio's ships?
Salerio & Salanio

What does shylock accuse salerio of in scene 1?
Knowing jessica was leaving

What does shylock say a man's flesh is good for?
Baiting fish

Why does shylock want to "execute" the bond?
To feed his revenge

Who brings shylock news from Genoa about Jessica?
Tubal

What is the news about Jessica
she is spending his money

Who is Leah?
Shylock's wife

What does Portia ask of Bassanio in scene 2?
To wait a few days before he chooses a casket

What ancient hero does Portia compare Bassanio to?
Hercules

Who/what is Bassanio referring to;
"Thou pale and common drudge/'tween man and man"
The lead casket

What does Portia give Bassanio that he must swear never to part with?
A ring

What surprise news does Gratiano give Bassanio?
Antonio is dead

Who arrives at Belmont late to the party, but with news?
Shylock

How much money does Portia tell Bassanio to pay to "deface the bond"?
36,000 ducats

In act 3, scene 3, how does Shylock respond to Antonio?
He refuses to let Antonio speak

How does Antonio respond to Shylock in this scene?
He accepts that the law is the law

In act 3, scene 4, to whom does Portia leave in charge of her house while she is gone?
Lorenzo

WHere does Portia tell everyone that she is going?
To a monastery

Where is she really going?
To see her cousin in Padua

What is Portia's response to NErissa when she asks of Bassanio and Gratiano "shall they  z us?"
Yes, but we'll be dressed like men

At the beginning act 3, scene 5, who tells Jessica that he thinks that, even though she marries a Christian, she'll be damned?
Launcelot

Act 3, Scene 2

Scene 3 , 4 & 5

Q. Who was the Gaoler?
answer choices
Herdsman

Jeweller

Jailer


 Question 2  10 seconds
Q. Who calls Gaoler naughty?
answer choices
The Duke

Antonio

Shylock


 Question 3  10 seconds
Q. What does Salarino call Shylock?
answer choices
Impenetrable cur

The wicked Jew

The Devil


 Question 4  10 seconds
Q. Who cannot deny the course of Law
answer choices
Antonio

Bassanio

The Duke


 Question 5  10 seconds
Q. Who have God like amity.
answer choices
Antonio Bassanio

Lorenzo Launcelot

Shylock Antonio


 Question 6  10 seconds
Q. Who is Antonio's bosom friend
answer choices
Bassanio

Lorenzo

Gratiano


 Question 7  10 seconds
Q. How will Portia spend her days in monastery?
answer choices
Prayer and meditation

Partying

Gardening


 Question 8  10 seconds
Q. Who will be attending Portia in monastery
answer choices
Launcelot

Jessica

Nerissa


 Question 9  10 seconds
Q. What work does Portia give to Lorenzo
answer choices
Running errands

Husbandry and manage of her house

Gardening


 Question 10  10 seconds
Q. How will the people acknowledge Lorenzo and Jessica
answer choices
Master and Mistress

Guests

Uncle and aunt


 Question 11  10 seconds
Q. Who is Balthazar?
answer choices
Portia servant

Servant of Portia

Friend of Shylock


 Question 12  10 seconds
Q. Where is Balthazar supposed to go
answer choices
Venice

Rome

Padua

Greece


 Question 13  10 seconds
Q. Where is Balthazar supposed to go
answer choices
Venice

Rome

Padua

Greece


 Question 14  10 seconds
Q. What is Balthazar supposed to give and to whom ( Padua)
answer choices
Doctor Bellario and letter

Bassanio and clothes

Shylock and fishing rod


 Question 15  10 seconds
Q. Who is Doctor Bellario
answer choices
Portia' s cousin and renowned legal luminary

A suregon

Renowned Historian


 Question 16  10 seconds
Q. Where is Balthazar supposed to meet Portia n with what
answer choices
Notes and garments-Traject

Flowers .the Church

Money .street


 Question 17  10 seconds
Q. How will Portia and Nerissa dress up?
answer choices
As young men

As dancers

As clowns


 Question 18  10 seconds
Q. Why are they going to Venice
answer choices
Save Antonio

As a tourist

Escape from the heat in BelmontSce does Portia compare Bassanio to?
answer choices
Zeus
Hercules
Apollo
God

 

Q. Shylock says, "I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes?" What theme is explored in his speech?
answer choices
People are tolerant of other religions and belief systems.
Jews are superior to Christians.
The treatment of the religions is hypocritical.
Revenge is completely unacceptable.

 

Q. Why does the Duke refuse to help Antonio out?
answer choices
He wants to see Antonio punished.
He sympathizes with Shylock.
He doesn't want to hurt the Venetian economy by discouraging business.
He wants to marry Portia.

 
Q. After Bassanio leaves to save Antonio, where does Portia claim she is going?
answer choices
To Venice to save Antonio
To a convent to pray
To the notary to read the details of the loan
To Padua to get clothes from her cousin

 
Q. Act 3, Scene 5 starts out with a discussion between Lancelot and Jessica. What does Lancelot accuse her of?


Raising the price of pork
Only wanting Lorenzo's money
Being wasteful with money
Being insincere in her love for Lorenzo


Q. Why is Shylock so upset when Jessica runs away?
answer choices
Because his daughter ran away
Jessica sold his wife's ring to buy a monkey
Jessica stole money from him
All of the above



Q. What is the name of the place where Venetians do their trading?
answer choices
Riviera
Rialto
Riverdance
Rhinestone

 
Q. What "torture device" do Bassanio and Portia joke about when discussing their relationship?
answer choices
The rack
The crusader
The bond
The bear

 
Q. What Greek Mythology character is Bassanio referring to when he says that gold is not all there is in life?
answer choices
Midas
Jason
Brutus
Hercules

 
Q. When Gratiano reveals his plans to marry Nerissa, what do the new couple joke that they are going to bet on?
answer choices
Who will have a son first
Who will lose their ring first
Who will get divorced first
Who will kiss first



Q. What does Antonio request of Bassanio in his letter?
answer choices
to see Bassanio be married
to be visited by Bassanio
to see Shylock suffer
to get his money back

 
Q. What emotion best describes Antonio's feelings when he realises that Shylock isn't going to back down?
answer choices
resigned
angry
energized
vengeful

 
Q. What two words does Shylock repeat five times in Act 3, Scene 3 when he is talking to the Antonio and the jailer?
answer choices
my bond
my ducats
your flesh
dear Antonio

 
Q. Who does Portia ask to take care of her household while she is away?
answer choices
Lorenzo
Lancelet
Nerissa
Salarino

 
Q. What is the name of Portia's cousin, the doctor?
answer choices
Bellario
Brahm
Brandon
Brassario



Q. What name does Portia take when she is in disguise?
answer choices
Balthazar
George
Othello
Ricardo

 
Q. What does Shylock say his reason is for wanting the pound of flesh over 3,000 ducats?
answer choices
Because he feels like it
Because he is going to sell it
Because it is Jewish Law
Because of a Bible story

 
Q. Antonio says that to try to convince Shylock not to take the pound of flesh is like trying to ask other things not to do something. Which is NOT one of those?
answer choices
asking a wolf not to eat a lamb
asking the trees not to sway in the wind
asking the waves not to crash on shore
asking the sun not to travel 'round the moon

 

Q. What theory did Pythagoras have that Gratiano thinks relates to Shylock?
answer choices
That humans and animals can swap souls
That the sum of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the sides 
That those who have much on earth will not have much in Heaven
That the New Testament is more truthful than the Old

 
Q. What biblical judge does Shylock compare disguised Portia to?
answer choices
Daniel
John
David
Michael 

 
Q. What play on words does Gratiano say is sharpening Shylock's knife?
answer choices
his soul/sole
his cover/covering
his Moor/more
his fleece/fleets

 

Q. According to Portia, if fear is a king's temporary power, what is his eternal power?
answer choices
mercy
understanding
punishment
love

 

Q. What is the loophole Portia finds for Antonio?
answer choices
Shylock can't take any blood
Shylock can't cut the flesh himself
Shylock must have a special doctor nearby
Shylock cannot use a knife to cut the flesh

 
Q. Which is NOT a consequence given to Shylock in the court proceedings?
answer choices
He has to become a Christian
He has to give up to half of his wealth to the state
He has to give half of his wealth in a trust for Jessica and Lorenzo
He has to become Antonio's servant

 
Q. Which of these is NOT a way that Bassanio tries to talk the doctor of law (Portia in disguise) out of taking his ring as payment?
answer choices
It isn't worth anything
He will buy "him" a much nicer ring
It was given to him by his wife
It's an heirloom of Belmont

 
Q. Which is not a reason why Bassanio says he had to give the doctor of law the ring?
answer choices
The doctor begged for it
The doctor earned it
He didn't want to seem ungrateful
The Duke ordered him to



Q. What is the word to describe a man whose wife has been unfaithful to him?
answer choices
cuckold
mistress
magistrate
Moor

 
Q. What good news does Antonio get at the end of the play?
answer choices
His ships came in 
He can live with Bassanio
They found him a wife
He gets all of Shylock's money


Q. What does Gratiano say at the very end of the play?
answer choices
That he'll keep Nerissa's ring safe
That he will be Bassanio's friend till the end
That he will forever be grateful for his friends
That life is short


Q. According to Portia, what shines like a good deed in a naughty world?
answer choices
a candle
Bassanio's lantern light
music
love 

........................


Q. Who does Portia compare Bassanio to?

Zeus
Hercules
Apollo
God


Q. Shylock says, "I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes?" What theme is explored in his speech?


People are tolerant of other religions and belief systems.
Jews are superior to Christians.
The treatment of the religions is hypocritical.
Revenge is completely unacceptable.

 

Q. Why does the Duke refuse to help Antonio out?


He wants to see Antonio punished.
He sympathizes with Shylock.
He doesn't want to hurt the Venetian economy by discouraging business.
He wants to marry Portia.

 
Q. After Bassanio leaves to save Antonio, where does Portia claim she is going?


To Venice to save Antonio
To a convent to pray
To the notary to read the details of the loan
To Padua to get clothes from her cousin

 
Q. Act 3, Scene 5 starts out with a discussion between Lancelot and Jessica. What does Lancelot accuse her of?
answer choices
Raising the price of pork
Only wanting Lorenzo's money
Being wasteful with money
Being insincere in her love for Lorenzo

 
Q. Why is Shylock so upset when Jessica runs away?


Because his daughter ran away
Jessica sold his wife's ring to buy a monkey
Jessica stole money from him
All of the above

 

Q. What is the name of the place where Venetians do their trading?


Riviera
Rialto
Riverdance
Rhinestone

 
Q. What "torture device" do Bassanio and Portia joke about when discussing their relationship?


The rack
The crusader
The bond
The bear

 
Q. What Greek Mythology character is Bassanio referring to when he says that gold is not all there is in life?


Midas
Jason
Brutus
Hercules

 
Q. When Gratiano reveals his plans to marry Nerissa, what do the new couple joke that they are going to bet on?


Who will have a son first
Who will lose their ring first
Who will get divorced first
Who will kiss first

 

Q. What does Antonio request of Bassanio in his letter?


to see Bassanio be married
to be visited by Bassanio
to see Shylock suffer
to get his money back

 
Q. What emotion best describes Antonio's feelings when he realises that Shylock isn't going to back down?


resigned
angry
energized
vengeful

 
Q. What two words does Shylock repeat five times in Act 3, Scene 3 when he is talking to Antonio and the jailer?


my bond
my ducats
your flesh
dear Antonio

 
Q. Who does Portia ask to take care of her household while she is away?


Lorenzo
Lancelet
Nerissa
Salarino

 
Q. What is the name of Portia's cousin, the doctor?


Bellario
Brahm
Brandon
Brassario

 

Q. What name does Portia take when she is in disguise?


Balthazar
George
Othello
Ricardo

 Question 17 

Q. What does Shylock say his reason is for wanting the pound of flesh over 3,000 ducats?


Because he feels like it
Because he is going to sell it
Because it is Jewish Law
Because of a Bible story

 Question 18 

Q. Antonio says that to try to convince Shylock not to take the pound of flesh is like trying to ask other things not to do something. Which is NOT one of those?


asking a wolf not to eat a lamb
asking the trees not to sway in the wind
asking the waves not to crash on shore
asking the sun not to travel 'round the moon

 Question 19

Q. What theory did Pythagoras have that Gratiano thinks relates to Shylock?
answer choices
That humans and animals can swap souls
That the sum of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the sides 
That those who have much on earth will not have much in Heaven
That the New Testament is more truthful than the Old

 Question 20 

Q. What biblical judge does Shylock compare disguised Portia to?
answer choices
Daniel
John
David
Michael 

 Question 21 

Q. What play on words does Gratiano say is sharpening Shylock's knife?
answer choices
his soul/sole
his cover/covering
his Moor/more
his fleece/fleets

 Question 22

Q. According to Portia, if fear is a king's temporary power, what is his eternal power?
answer choices
mercy
understanding
punishment
love

 Question 23

Q. What is the loophole Portia finds for Antonio?
answer choices
Shylock can't take any blood
Shylock can't cut the flesh himself
Shylock must have a special doctor nearby
Shylock cannot use a knife to cut the flesh

 Question 24 

Q. Which is NOT a consequence given to Shylock in the court proceedings?
answer choices
He has to become a Christian
He has to give up to half of his wealth to the state
He has to give half of his wealth in a trust for Jessica and Lorenzo
He has to become Antonio's servant

 Question 25 

Q. Which of these is NOT a way that Bassanio tries to talk the doctor of law (Portia in disguise) out of taking his ring as payment?
answer choices
It isn't worth anything
He will buy "him" a much nicer ring
It was given to him by his wife
It's an heirloom of Belmont

 Question 26

Q. Which is not a reason why Bassanio says he had to give the doctor of law the ring?
answer choices
The doctor begged for it
The doctor earned it
He didn't want to seem ungrateful
The Duke ordered him to

 Question 27

Q. What is the word to describe a man whose wife has been unfaithful to him?


cuckold
mistress
magistrate
Moor

 
Q. What good news does Antonio get at the end of the play?


His ships came in 
He can live with Bassanio
They found him a wife
He gets all of Shylock's money

 
Q. What does Gratiano say at the very end of the play?


That he'll keep Nerissa's ring safe
That he will be Bassanio's friend till the end
That he will forever be grateful for his friends
That life is short

Q. According to Portia, what shines like a good deed in a naughty world?


a candle
Bassanio's lantern light
music
love 

Act 3: Scene 5

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