Q & A on The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | Part 1

 
Q&A on William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”

PART – I

"ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE
AND ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN MERELY PLAYERS"

                          - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 
1.      The Merchant of Venice was published in the year of --------------.
Ans: 1600.

2.      This play tests the quality of ------------.
Ans: Greed versus Mercy and Compassion.

3.      This play shows the conflict between --------------.
Ans: Christianity and Judaism.

4.      This play expressed the important themes of -----------.
Ans: Greed, Mercy, Revenge, Love, Justice, Friendship etc…

5.      Which play of Christopher Marlowe inspired Shakespeare to write “The Merchant of Venice”?
Ans: “The Jew of Malta”.

6.      Who is the protagonist of this play?
Ans: Antonio.

7.      Who is Antonio?
Ans: A Venetian Merchant.

8.      This play titled under the name of ----------.
Ans: Antonio.

9.      Who are the friends of Antonio?
Ans: Bassanio, Solanio, Salerio, Gratiano and Lorenzo.

10.  Who is the close friend of Antonio?
Ans: Bassanio.

11.  Who is Leonardo?
Ans: Servant of Bassanio.

12.  Who is Portia?
Ans: Rich and wealthy heiress of Belmont.

13.  Who is Nerissa?
Ans: Servant maid and friend of Portia.

14.  Who are Balthasar and Stephano?
Ans: Servant of Portia.

15.  Who is shylock?
Ans: Jewish Moneylender and Villain of this play.

16.  Who is Jessica?
Ans: Daughter of Shylock.

17.  Who is Tubal?
Ans: Jewish friend of Shylock.

18.  Who is Launcelot Gobbo?
Ans: Jester and Servant of Shylock.

19.  Who is Old Gobbo?
Ans: Father of Launcelot Gobbo.

20.  This play opens in -----------.
Ans: the Street of Venice.

21.  Who enquires about the sadness of Antonio?
Ans: Solanio and Salerio.

22.  Who said to Antonio that he should be in love?
Ans: Solanio.

23.  “A stage where every man must play a part,
  And mine a sad one”
             Who is the speaker of these lines?
      Ans: Antonio.

24.  The conversation of Antonio, solanio and Salerio was interrupted by----------- in Act I, Scene I.
Ans: Entry of Bassanio, Lorenzo and Gratiano.

25.  Who ask Antonio to help him financially?
Ans: Bassanio.

26.  Why did Bassanio ask Antonio for money?
Ans: To marry Portia.

27.  Why did Portia felt sad?
Ans: Portia has to marry a person as per her Father’s will.

28.  What was written in the Portia’s father will?
Ans: Portia has to marry a person those who find the Portrait of Portia from the caskets.

29.  How many caskets are mentioned in the play?
Ans: Three Caskets

30.  Caskets are made of ----------.
Ans: Gold, Silver and Lead.

31.  How many suitors were commented by Portia in Act I, Scene 2?
Ans: Six suitors.

32.  Who are called suitors?
Ans: Those who are participated in the competition to marry Portia.

33.  Name the six suitors.
Ans: The Neapolitan Prince
         The County Palatine
         The French Lord, Monsieur Le Bon
         The Young Baron of England, Falcon Bridge
         The Scottish Lord
         The Young German.

34.  Who was commented by Portia that “he doth nothing but talk of his horse”?
Ans: Neapolitan Prince.

35.  Who was commented by Portia as “death’s head”?
Ans: County Palatine.

36.  Who was commented by Portia as “God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man”?
Ans: French Lord, Monsieur Le Bon.

37.  Who was commented by Portia that “he hath neither Latin, French, nor Italian”?
Ans: The young baron of England, Falconbridge.

38.  Who looks sober and drunk in Act I, Scene II?
Ans: The young German.

39.  Who is the nephew of the Duke of Saxony in this play?
Ans: The young German.

40.  Who was commented by Portia that “he hath a neighbourly charity in him, for he borrowed a box of the ear of the Englishman”?
Ans: The Scottish Lord.

41.  Who is the neighbour of Falconbridge in this play?
Ans: The Scottish Lord.

42.  “Do you not remember, lady, in your father’s time, a Venetian, a scholar and a Soldier, that came hither”
 
Who is the speaker of this line?
      Ans: Nerissa.

43.  Who came as a company of the Marquis of Montferrat to Belmont?
Ans: Bassanio.

44.  How much money was requested by Bassanio to shylock?
Ans: Three Thousand Ducats.

45.  What is the due time given by shylock to repay the money?
Ans: Three Months.

46.  “I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
       Walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat
       With you, drink with you, nor pray with you”
Who is the speaker of these lines?
Ans: Shylock.

47.  Why did shylock hate Antonio?
Ans: Antonio teased Shylock for lending money with high interest and called him a “Misbeliever, cut- throat dog and spits on him”.

48.  Who gave security to Bassanio for lending money from shylock?
Ans: Antonio.

49.  What was written in the bond?
Ans: If Antonio is unable to pay money within the given time; Shylock should cut a pound of flesh from his body.

50.  Who warns Antonio not to sign the bond?
Ans: Bassanio.