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Merchant of Venice Workbook Answers Act 1 – Unsolved Comperhension Passages – ICSE Class 10 & 9 English

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Act I, Sc.I

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 To whom is Solanio speaking? Who else is there?
Q.2 Explain the second and third lines of the extract.
Q.3 What is meant by ‘venture’?
Q.4 In what context the meanings of ‘argosies’, ‘burghers’, ‘signiors’ and ‘traffickers’ have been used?
Q.5 Why is Solanio giving all these reasons?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questfons that follow.

Q.1 How does Salarino refer to one of ‘worthier friends’?
Q.2 Whom does Salarino want to feel merry and why?
Q.3 How has Salarino been trying to cheer his friend up?
Q.4 Where do the others promise to meet?
Q.5 Whom the ‘worthier friends’ leave behind?

Passage – 3

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 Who else had already made their appearances?
Q.3 What is Bassanio’s financial and emotional condition?
Q.4 Who has caused above condition?
Q.5 What had Bassanio to comment on that person?

Passage – 4

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Name the lady and her maid-in-waiting?
Q.2 Which three qualities of her’s are described here?
Q.3 With whom is the lady compared and how?
Q.4 What does Bassanio want from Antonio and why?
Q.5 With whom is the lady compared and how?

Act I, Sc.II

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What change in Portia’s mood can be found here?
Q.2 What do ‘over – name’ and ‘level’ mean here?
Q.3 How far is Nerissa responsible in changing Portia’s mood?
Q.4 Who is the second one to be described and how?
Q.5 How does Portia describe the gentleman mentioned in the extract?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Who is‘he’?
Q.2 How does Portia feel towards him?
Q.3 What do Nerissa’s words imply?
Q.4 What are the difficulties between Portia and the Englishman?
Q.5 What quality of Portia is revealed from all these descriptions?

Act I, Sc.III

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Why does Bassanio need three thousand ducats?
Q.2 Why can’t his rich friend Antonio supply him with the amount?
Q.3 What about the other problems of the merchant of Venice?
Q.4 Give the meanings of ‘debating’, ‘present store’ and ‘gross’?
Q.5 What does the extract imply?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What is the story of Jacob?
Q.2 What does Shylock think of ‘thrift’ in Jacob’s case?
Q.3 Why does Antonio not agree with him?
Q.4 Why does the phrase “the devil quoting the scripture” arise?
Q.5 Why is Shylock dilly-dallying before saying ‘yes’ or ‘no’?

Passage – 3

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Write what you know about Father Abram?
Q.2 How does Shylock try to convince Bassanio that his motive is harmless?
Q.3 How is the entire matter solved?
Q.4 Who is the ‘unthrifty knave’?
Q.5 How does Shylock’s suspicion of him come true later?

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Act II, Sc.I

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Why does the speaker thank Portia?
Q.2 Where are they going now?
Q.3 When will the hazards be made?
Q.4 What are your views about the Prince of Morocco and why?
Q.5 The speaker has earlier too thanked Portia. What was the reason then?

Act II, Sc.II

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Who is Launcelot?
Q.2 How does the ‘fiend’ tempt him?
Q.3 Who is opposing the ‘fiend’ and how?
Q.4 What does Launcelot tell both of them?
Q.5 Why does Launcelot want to leave his old master?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 How does Launcelot reveal his real identity to Gobbo?
Q.2 How is Gobbo ultimately convinced?
Q.3 Which animal is mentioned here?
Q.4 What jocular remark does Launcelot make now?
Q.5 What decision has Launcelot made? Why?

Passage – 3

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 How did Bassanio behave with Gobbo at first?
Q.2 Which are the three examples that are wrongly used here?
Q.3 What do ‘cater-cousins’, ‘fruitify’ and ‘suit’ mean?
Q.4 Why is Bassanio irritated now?
Q.5 Which old proverb does Launcelot mention here?

Passage – 4

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 Who has just gone out and with what orders?
Q.3 What does Bassanio tell Gratiano after ‘ But hear thee, Gratiano?
Q.4 How does Gratiano satisfy Bassanio?
Q.5 What about ‘tonight’? How would Gratiano like to behave about which Bassanio also approves?

Act II, Sc.III

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where is Launcelot?
Q.2 To whom is Launcelot speaking?
Q.3 Why is the ‘most sweet Jew’ sorry to see him leave?
Q.4 Why is the person spoken to ‘asham’d’?
Q.5 Who did the person spoken to address Launcelot? On what note does the scene end?

Act II, Sc.IV

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 How does Jessica feel at her father’s house?
Q.2 Why does she feel sorry there?
Q.3 What opinion can be formed about Shylock?
Q.4 What has Jessica written in the letter?
Q.5 What does Lorenzo wish for Shylock?

Act II, Sc.V

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 With whom is Shylock talking?
Q.3 What difference between Shylock and Bassanio is he hinting at?
Q.4 What does ‘gormandize’ mean?
Q.5 Why is Shylock calling Jessica? What does he give her and why?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What are masques?
Q.2 Who are going to play them?
Q.3 What is an essential element in a masque?
Q.4 What advice does Shylock give Jessica? Give five examples?
Q.5 What does Launcelot whisper to Jessica before leaving?

Act II, Sc. VI

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 How are they dressed?
Q.3 For whom are they waiting?
Q.4 Who is Venus?
Q.5 What is correct — pigeons/doves?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the* questions that follow.

Q.1 What are Jessica’s feelings now?
Q.2 What do ‘make fast’, ‘gild myself’ and ‘straight’ mean?
Q.3 What has Jessica been advised by her father?
Q.4 Where is her father now?
Q.5 Why has he gone there?

Act II, Sc. VII

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 What had Portia commented when Morocco had arrived?
Q.3 How does Morocco describe the silver casket?
Q.4 Why was he tempted to choose the silver one?
Q.5 Write the inscriptions exactly as they are engraved on the caskets?

Act II, Sc. VIII

Passage – 1

Q.1 Who is the ‘kinder gentleman’?
Q.2 Why are they going to him?
Q.3 What has Salarino heard and from whom?
Q.4 Who does it change their mood?
Q.5 What role do these two characters play?

Act II, Sc.IX

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Assess the prince’s character?
Q.2 Why does prince call the silver casket, a treasure-house?
Q.3 What does ‘title’ mean?
Q.4 What ‘title’ does he read?
Q.5 How can the situation be reversed, according to him?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Explain Portia’s line in the extract?
Q.2 What does the ‘schedule’ say?
Q.3 With what comments does he leave?
Q.4 Why had he paused for a long time after opening the casket?
Q.5 How do you feel at Arragon’s comment in the extract?

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Act III, Sc.I

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Give the background to this conversation?
Q.2 Why does Shylock blame the two and for what?
Q.3 Explain Salarino’s remarks in the extract?
Q.4 What have the two been discussing before Shylock’s arrival?
Q.5 Where are they now?

Act III, Sc.II

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 To whom is Portia talking to and where?
Q.2 Who else are there?
Q.3 What had Portia said at the beginning of this passage and why?
Q.4 Why can she not express her love clearly?
Q.5 Write the meanings of: ‘forsworn’ and ‘miss’.

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Explain. What is the significance of music here?
Q.2 Give explanation of the extract?
Q.3 What will the music be if Bassanio wins?
Q.4 What is Portia’s state of mind now?
Q.5 How does she describe Bassanio as he goes to make his choice?

Passage – 3

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 To whom does Bassanio compare himself with and how?
Q.2 What does Bassanio call the artist? Why?.
Q.3 Who or what does wrong to whom? How?
Q.4 Write the meanings of ‘confirm’d’, ‘sign’d’ and ‘ratified’.
Q.5 How had Portia felt after her father had made the will?

Passage – 4

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What does Portia want to clarify from Nerissa?
Q.2 Who is Nerissa?
Q.3 How has Gratiano secured a wife and on what condition?
Q.4 How does Gratiano compare himself to Bassanio?
Q.5 In what capacity has Gratiano come to Belmont?

Passage – 5

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What is Portia told about Antonio?
Q.2 Name the place where Antonio’s ships had gone?
Q.3 Who had given the news of Antonio’s misfortune?
Q.4 How had Shylock behaved on hearing this news?
Q.5 Which two things does she tell Bassanio to do at once?

Act III, Sc.III

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 Who else is with them?
Q.3 Who has just left?
Q.4 Who seeks Antonio’s life and why? Write in detail?
Q.5 Why is the Duke unable to help Antonio?

Act III, Sc.IV

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where is Portia?
Q.2 Who else are there?
Q.3 What was said to her that she speaks like, this?
Q.4 What good things has she done now?
Q.5 How does she describe the likeness between her husband and his bosom friend?

Act III, Sc.V

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 How and why have they come here?
Q.3 How will Jessica be saved?
Q.4 How is that alternative not liked by Launcelot?
Q.5 What is his reason for having a grudge against Jews?

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Act IV, Sc.I

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Who is a ‘stony adversary’?
Q.2 Write the meaning of ‘inhuman wretch’, ‘void’ and ‘dram’?
Q.3 What made the person a ‘story adversary’? Explain?
Q.4 When does this ‘inhuman wretch’ enter the place and how does the Duke plead with him?
Q.5 Why is the Duke sorry for the condemned man?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Explain the argument in simple English?
Q.2 How does Antonio feel now?
Q.3 What does Shylock answer when Bassanio offers him three thousand ducats?
Q.4 Why does Shylock hate Antonio so much? Explain?
Q.5 Give another side of Shylock’s character that makes him a normal human being?

Passage – 3

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Why must the Jew be merciful?
Q.2 Explain the lines on mercy in the extract?
Q.3 How is mercy ‘twice bless’d’?
Q.4 Whom does mercy suit the best?
Q.5 What do we pray for and what does that prayer teach us?

Passage – 4

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What hold does the law have on the “Jew?
Q.2 What other ‘holds’ has Portia already revealed to the Jew?
Q.3 Why does Portia ask Shylock to beg, to whom and for what?
Q.4 Give two examples of kindness shown by the Duke?
Q.5 What mercy does Antonio render him?

Passage – 5

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What makes the Duke say‘I am sorry’?
Q.2 How does Antonio’s efforts at gratification bear fruit?
Q.3 Why does Portia at first refuse to take anything?
Q.4 How does Bassanio go on with his persuasion?
Q.5 How does this episode get resolved amicably?

Act IV, Sc.II

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Where are the speakers?
Q.2 Who is with them?
Q.3 Why is that person here? What has he brought?
Q.4 Where were Portia and Nerissa going now? For what?
Q.5 What purpose does this scene serve?

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Act V, Sc.I

Passage – 1

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Who came to the place first and with what news?
Q.2 Who came after and with what news?
Q.3 Which aspect of nature pleases him? Describe the night?
Q.4 Give the meaning of: inlaid, patens, orb, behold’st, quiring and cherubins.
Q.5 Explain the above passage?

Passage – 2

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 Why are the newly married couple quarrelling?
Q.2 What are Nerissa’s grievances?
Q.3 How does Portia accuse and scold Gratiano?
Q.4 How does Bassanio feel right now?
Q.5 How does Portia, mockingly, express her faith in her husband?

Passage – 3

Read the above extract and answer the questions that follow.

Q.1 What are Bassanio’s emotions now?
Q.2 What is the undercurrent behind all this?
Q.3 How does Portia reply Bassanio?
Q.4 How does Bassanio try to pacify Portia?
Q.5 How is the whole thing resolved?

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