ACT - 3, SCENE - 2

Question 1

Where does this scene take place?

Answer 1

In Belmont, In a room in Portia’s house

Question 2

…..I lose your company: therefore, ………………….. awhile

Answer 2

forebear

Question 3

“………..But lest you should not understand me well, And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought………” What does Portia mean?

Answer 3

But it case, you have not understood me well. And yet a young girl has no other choice but to think, though her thought may not be expressed

Question 4

“…….But if you do, you’ll make me wish a sin, that I had been forsworn………..” What does Portia mean?

Answer 4

But if you make the wrong choice, you’ll make me wish I had committed the sin of breaking my promise

Question 5

“…………One half of me is yours, the other half yours,-
Mine own, I would say, but if mine, then yours,
And so all yours! O, these naughty times
Put bars between the owners and their rights!
And so, though yours, not yours………” What does Portia mean?

Note: This part is very important and it WILL be in the paper, so understand it, DON’T MEMORIZE

Answer 5

What Portia means to say is that one half of her is Bassanio’s, and the other half is also Bassanio’s. Her own, which she would say is hers is also Bassanio’s and so all of her belongs to Bassanio’s but these bad times put bars between the owners and their rights, so she does not belong to Bassanio even though she does

Question 6

“I speak too long; but ‘tis to …………….. the time, To …………. it, and to draw it out in length, to stay you from …………

Answer 6

peize, eke, election

Question 7

What is rack?

Answer 7

An instrument of torture

Question 8

“Upon the rack, Bassanio! then ………………

What ……………………. is mingled with your love.”

Answer 8

confess, treason

Question 9

The lottery of caskets is a test of …………….

Answer 9

character

Question 10

“None but that ugly treason of mistrust,

Which makes me fear the enjoying of my love” What does Bassanio mean?

Answer 10

Bassanio is being doubtful if he will win Portia or not

Question 11

Why does Bassanio reject gold?

Answer 11

Because it appears to be very flashy and was hard food midas

Question 12

Why does Bassanio Reject silver

Answer 12

Because silver is pale and it passes from man to man

Question 13

In Act III, scene ii, Portia compares Bassanio to which mythological figure?

Answer 13

Hercules

Question 14

Why does Portia order music to be played?

Answer 14

To calm her nerves

Question 15

Why does Portia ask Bassanio to wait a day or two

Answer 15

Because she doesn’t want to lose his company

Question 16

“Let me choose;

For, as I am, I live upon the rack.” How does bassanio feel right now?

Answer 16

Anxious

Question 17

What is the music compared to if Bassanio makes the wrong choice?

Answer 17

A song of a dying swan

Question 18

What will Portia’s eyes serve to be if he makes the wrong choice?

Answer 18

Portia’s teary eyes will be the stream and watery death bed

Question 19

What is the music compared to if Bassanio makes the right choice?

Answer 19

flourish of trumpets and the dulcet sounds that creep into the dreaming bridegroom’s ears

Question 20

How is Bassanio similar to Alcides?

Answer 20

Both Bassanio and Alcides have an handsome appearance

Question 21

How is Bassanio different from Alcides

Answer 21

Alcides took a risk with a desire for reward, but Bassanio is taking the risk out of love for Portia

Question 22

What are the hearts of cowards compared to?

Answer 22

stairs of sand

Question 23

How does Bassanio feel after winning Portia?

Answer 23

Like a contender who has won the prize

Question 24

How many time richer does Portia wish to be for Bassanio?

Answer 24

Ten thousand times

Question 25

How many time more beautiful does Portia wish to be for Bassanio?

Answer 25

Thousand times

Question 26

What does Portia describe herself to be?

Answer 26

unlesson’d, unschooled and untrained

Question 27

How confused does Bassanio feel when Portia is giving him the ring?

Answer 27

Feels like a prince for whom the crowd is cheering after a well delivered speech

Question 28

What happens to Bassanio on reading the letter?

Answer 28

The colours form his cheeks fade

Question 29

What does Bassanio compare the letter to?

Answer 29

The body of Antonio and every word in it a bleeding wound

Question 30

Who all have tried to persuade Shylock to deface the bond?

Answer 30

Twenty merchants, the duke himself and the magnificoes

Question 31

What does Portia ask Bassanio to do before he goes to Venice to save Antonio from the bond?

Answer 31

To go to church with her and marry her