| What are the prominent personality qualities of Morocco? | Confident, Daring, proud |
| What happens to suitors who choose the wrong casket? | Leave immediately, Never reveal your choice, must promise not to marry |
| What is lancelot pondering? What is his decision? | Leaving or staying with his master and he decides to work for Bassanio |
| How does Lancelot treat his father? | Horribly |
| why is Bassanio hiring? | to add servants to impress portia |
| What does Lancelot say about Fortune? where else does this issue come up in the play? | Fortune is fickle; unpredictableMorocco hoped for good fortune |
| Where is Bassanio going? Why? | Belmont, to take on the lottery |
| Why does Bassanio don’t want to take Gratiano | Because he’s afraid the Gratiano will embarrass him |
| What does Jessica ask Lancelot to do? | To give a love letter to Lorenzo |
| What is Jessica’s plan? | To disguise herself as a boy and sneak out of the house with her lover |
| How is Jessica’s Situation similar to Lancelot’s? | They both don’t want to be commanded under a jew |
| What are the plans of Lorenzo and his friends | To get ready To get Jessica out of that house |
| What does Jessica say in her letter? | that she wants to be saved |
| What message is Lancelot bringing to Shylock? | an invitation to suffer through Bassanio’s masque |
| How does Shylock feel about the invitation to the masque? | He doesn’t know if he should go or not |
| How does Shylock feel about Lancelot working for Bassanio? | He feels that Lancelot will never have it better than when he worked for them. |
| What are lorenzo and gratiano suggests about their love comments? | Disguises as a boy and set sail with bassanio, she brings her stolen jewels |
| What casket does Morocco chooses? Why does he decide it is the correct one? | The gold, chooses it because gold was more valuable then all the others |
| What do we learn from Salerio and Salarino about shylock’s response to Jessica’s flight? | railed against the loss of his daughter and his ducats, and he shouted a loud, urgent appeal for justice and the law to prevail. |
| How do Salerio and Salarino feel about Shylock? Do they seem to share the same feelings? | They make fun of shylock but worry about Antonio and his ships cause Antonio will pay badly |
| What casket does Arragon choose? Why does he decide it is the correct one? | The silver cause he believes that he deserves her cause he was too arrogant |
| What message does the second casket contain? | … |
| What information does the messenger bring? What is Portia’s response to the news? | … |
| What are lorenzo and gratiano suggests about their love comments? | … |
| What was Antonio’s reaction to Bassanio’s departure? | Antonio was a little sad that he was leaving and Bassanio told him it’s going to be all right |
Merchant of Venice Act II Study Guide
July 18, 2019