| Portia’s villa is located in this Italian city. | Belmont |
| Shakespeare’s place of birth. | Stratford upon Avon |
| The Duke reminds this punish,net of the court but only on the condition that Shylock agree to Antonio’s demands. | Death |
| According to Salerio, Antonio is sad to think upon his _____________ , a theory that Antonio rejects, because, being an astute businessman, he is not so foolish as to place all his fortunes on a single venture. | Merchandise |
| This literary device occurs when a character says something, the full significance of which is understood only by the audience and not by the speaker | Dramatic Irony |
| Shylock compares Portia (Balthazar) to this Old Testament judge | Daniel |
| “Who chooseth me shall get as much as he ____________.” | Deserves |
| This is the Duke of Arragon’s most defining character trait | Arrogance |
| The number of marriages that occur during the play | Three |
| A poetic word meaning “soon” or “shortly” | Anon |
| A Latin word meaning “therefore” | Ergo |
| Portia accepts these as gifts for saving Antonio’s life | Gloves |
| Who “speaks an infinite deal of nothing”? | Gratiano |
| “By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is a weary of this great ________.” (Portia) | World |
| The Roman God of Love | Cupid |
| “I hate him for he is a _____________” (Shylock) | Christian |
| This is the inner voice that tells Launcelot to leave Shylock’s employment | Conscience |
| A loose fitting, wide-sleeved Jewish outer garment or cloak | Gaberdine |
| Launcelot uses these to represent his ribs when confusing his blind father | Fingers |
| Jessica traded Shylock’s ring for this exotic pet | Monkey |
| He presides over the Venetian court | Duke |
| The Prince of Morocco is inspired to choose the gold casket when he sees the celestial figure inscribed upon a gold coin. | Angel |
| “If I catch him once upon the _____ , /I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.” (Shylock) | Hip |
| Roman Goddess of Purity | Diana |
| A poetic word meaning “before” | Ere |
| Shakespeare wrote 154 of these poems, characterized by fourteen lines and a rhyme | Sonnets |
| Shylock’s ring that Jessica traded away was set with this kind of stone | Turquoise |
| Jessica disguised herself as Lorenzo’s page and acted as his ________-________________ | Torch-bearers |
| Shakespeare wrote this many plays | 37 |
| If a suitor fails the challenge he must forgo ________________ | Marriage |
| This speech, spoken in the presence of others, is intended only for the audience. | Aside |
| “Oh what a goodly outside _________-__________ hath!” (Antonio) | False-hood |
| The length of time of the bond | Three months |
| The price of this meat (according to Launcelot) will soar if too many Jews convert to Christianity | Pork |
| Jews were compelled by law to live in this segregated area | Ghetto |
| Shakespeare switches from verse to this more usual form of expression when characters are intoxicated, mad, or foreign madness; when characters of peasant stalk are speaking; or when characters of more noble birth or social standing engage in ordinary, familiar or intimate conversation. Letters are also always written in this form since the use of verse in such cases would be inappropriate | Prose |
| In classic drama, these plays have a happy ending, the protagonist accomplishing the purpose that he set out to achieve | Comedy |
| The Merchants of Venice was written between 1596 and 1598, during the reign of this English monarch | Elizabeth I |
| Portia’s rejection of the Prince of Morocco based on his skin color shows that she has this | Prejudice |
| Shylock is sharpening this during the court scene | A knife |
| This speech is delivered by a character when he is alone on stage | Soliloquy |
| Jessica and Lorenzo elope to this Italian City | Genoa |
| This suitor didn’t know how to speak Italian and she didn’t know how to speak English | Falcon Bridge |
| According to Portia, this “becomes/ The thrones monarch better than his crown” | Mercy |
| Launcelot Gobbo’s mothers name | Margery |
| This suitor said “God made him, therefore let him pass Pass for a man” | Monsieu Le Ben |
| The Prince of Morocco found the scroll and a ____________ inside the gold chest | Skull |
| Shakespeare plays are written in | Iambic Pentameter |
| Shylock’s failure to mention this in the bond ultimately led to his undoing | Blood |
| The humorous confusion of two words that sound alike | Malapropism |
| These words were on the ring Nerissa gave to Gratiano | Love me and leave me not |
| A Jewish place of worship | A synagogue |
| The amount of the bond | Three-thousand ducats |
| Launcelot’s father | Old Gobbo |
| These were given to Bassanio by Old Gobbo as persuasion to hire Launcelot | Deves |
| “___________ is blind” (Jessica) | Love |
| Launcelot Gobbo is this | Comic Relief |
| This type of sentence structure expresses equal ideas using exactly the same grammatical constructions | Parallelism |
| Tell me where is fancy _________?Or in the heart or in the head?How begot, how nourshèd? | Bred |
| Why does Shylock refuse the money and demand his bond | Revenge |
| Bassanio chooses the lead casket because of this quality that makes it superior to either gold or silver | Weight |
| Shylock’s wife | Leah |
| “There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of ___________ on his outward parts” (Bassanio) | Virtue |
| Antonio compare the world to this | A stage |
| “The devil can cite _________________ for his purposes” (Antonio) | Scripture |
| Portia’s cousin who she writes to before the trial | Bellario |
| This suitor talked only of his horse | Neapolitan Prince |
| Friend of Salanio | Salerio |
| How many of Antonio’s ships survive in the end | Three |
| Shylock’s “friend” who gets him all whipped up and pissy | Tubal |
| This is the name of the German suitor | Duke of Saxony |
| Jessica and Lorenzo escape on this traditional Venetian vessel | Gondola |
| The most famous bridge in Venice | Rialto |
| The way the were going to measure the weight of Antonio’s flesh | Scales |
| Bassanio doesn’t choose gold because remembers the tale of this monarch | Midas |
| This word means “merchant ship” | Argosy |
| What does Balthazar (Portia) ask for from Bassanio? | Ring that Portia gave Bassanio |
| Portia’s maid | Nerissa |
| A play on words | Pun |
| Portia and Nerrisa’s cover story for when they go to Venice | Monastery |
| Five of these letters are either written or received throughout the play | Letters |
| He is the Merchant of Venice | Antonio |
| Portia’s fake name | Balthazar |
Merchant of Venice
July 22, 2019