1. Where does the above exchange take place?
On the Rialto
On a street outside Shylock's house
On a street in Venice
On a street in Padua

2. Who are the two people being referred to here?
Shylock and Jessica
Portia and Nerissa
Bassanio and Portia
Lorenzo and Jessica

3. Which of these is not a major point of discussion in this scene?
Jessica's elopement with Lorenzo
Jessica running off with Shylock's ring
Portia asking Bassanio to delay his casket selection
Antonio lasing his merchant ships

4. Who among the following were with Shylock, and took their leave upon the arrival of the speaker ?
Salarino and Solanio
Antonio and Bassanio
Jessica and Tubal
None of these

5. Which of these is one of the two characters Shylock blames for knowing about Jessica's plan to elope and yet doing nothing about it?
Lorenzo
Bassanio
Antonio
Solanio

6. Where does this scene take place
Venice
Belmont
Padua
An unknown location

7. What does gratis' mean here?
At reasonable interest rates
Without any interest
At exorbitant interest rates
None of these

8. "It is the most impenetrable cur that ever kept with men. Who says this and about whom?
Antonio says it about Shylock
Salarino says it about Bassanio
Solanio says it about Shylock
Gaoler says it about Antonio

9. A little later, Antonio calls Shylock
blood thirsty creditor
cruel creditor
merciless creditor
heartless creditor

10. At the end of the scene Antonio becomes____________.
Optimistic
Lost
Dejected
Hopeful

11. Where did the little girl strike the match?
on the bundle of matches
on the nearby stack of cartons
on the surface of a wall
None of these

12. How many matches did the little girl light individually?
1
2
3
4

13. The girl had to stay out in the cold because:
she had to earn money
she had to go to a shop
she had lost her way home
she had to look for her lost pet

14. What time of the year it was?
Christmas Eve
New year's Eve
Easter
Thanksgiving

15. Which statement tells you that the little giri had difficulty in walking?
The little girl was shivering and hungry
Her naked feet were red and blue with cold
She was seeing visions of her grandmother
Both (a) and (b)