WorksheetsAct 1 TMOV
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who says: 'In Sooth, I know not why I am sad'
Bassanio
Antonio
Gratiano
Lorenzo
Fill in the blank: Antonio 'And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,/That I have much ado to (a) myself
I hold the world but as the (a) , Gratiano - A (b) where every man must (c) a part, And (d) a (e) one.
Who says this quote: 'To you Antonio, I owe the most in money and in love.'
Portia
Gratiano
Shylock
Bassanio
Bassanio lives a (a) lifestyle that he cannot afford. He plans on keeping this up to impress (b) . (c) thinks that (d) is 'deserving of a fair lady'.
Finish the quote by Portia: 'By my troth Nerissa, my little body is (a) of this great world.
Do you think that Antonio degrades Shylock and that he treats him unfairly?
Yes
No
Maybe Shylock deserves it
Portia will (a) by her father's wished and only (b) someone who chooses the correct (c)
Who says this quote: 'I hate him for he is a Christian'
Shylock
Benjamin
Gratiano
Sherlock
Fill in the missing words from Shylock's quote: 'He lends out money (a) and brings down the (b) of (c) here with us in (d)
Reorder the following events in the order they happened in Act 1
Antonio speaks of his melancholy
Bassanio discusses his wish to marry Portia
Nerissa says Bassanio deserves a fair lady
Shylock accuses Antonio of degrading/ abusing him
Shylock asks Antonio for a pound pot flesh as the forfeit
In which order does Shylock say that Antonio did these things
Called him a 'misbeliever' (saying he believes in the wrong religion)
Called him a 'cutthroat dog'
He 'spet upon his Jewish Gaberdine' (Spat on his Jewish clothes)
Says he will take a pound of his flesh
He says that the pound of flesh as a forfeit is all in 'merry sport'
Bassanio is ______ of Shylock and the bond they have entered into with him (2 CORRECT ANSWERS TO CHOOSE)
Happy
Trusting
Thrilled
Finish the quote by Portia: If I live to be as old as (a) , I will die as (b) as Diana, unless I will be obtained by the (c) of my (d)
Which of these words accurately describes Portia's character?
Serious
Undutiful (Does not follow orders)
Intelligent/ Witty
Boring
What dramatic device does Shakespeare use to have Shylock directly tell the audience that he hates Antonio ('I hate him for he is a christian')? (a)
Aside
upside down
Inside
To the side
