| NOT one of Bassanio’s casket choices:LeadPlatinumGoldSilver | Platinum |
| Shylock’s daughter: | Jessica |
| The prize in the casket lottery: | Portia |
| A place of music and romance in “Merchant of Venice”: | Belmont |
| Shylock’s Bond: | Pound of flesh |
| The “merchant” signified by the play’s title: | Antonio |
| Hates music and revelry: | Shylock |
| Play’s joke on “sand blind” father: | Gobbo |
| Elopes with Shylock’s daughter: | Lorenzo |
| Pretends to be a learned doctor of the law: | Portia |
Merchant of Venice
July 17, 2019