PagineFree The Merchant of Venice quizzes with answers: 35 original multiple-choice questions in 11 quizzes, act-by-act, plus a The Merchant of Venice summary, characters, themes, key quotes, essay questions and printable tests with answer keys. Use them as a study guide, a reading check or GCSE / High school revision. Shakespeare's comedy (c.1596) whose treatment of Shylock is studied for its antisemitism; an AQA GCSE text.
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5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
📘5 questions with answers · spoiler-safe
🏁10 questions with answers · whole play
Revision quizzes that pull questions from across the whole play (spoilers).
8 questions · Motives, relationships and how characters change.
💡6 questions · The big ideas and what the writer is saying about them.
🧭13 questions · Quick check of what happens and when.
🔍5 questions · Why things happen and what the text implies.
🏆8 questions · The hardest questions — exam-style thinking.
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To help his friend Bassanio woo the heiress Portia, the merchant Antonio borrows from the moneylender Shylock on a bond of a pound of flesh. When Antonio's ships are lost, Portia, disguised as a lawyer, defeats Shylock in court in a trial that raises hard questions about mercy and prejudice.
PrejudiceMercy and justiceMoneyFriendshipLoveLawAppearance and realityRevenge
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To help his friend Bassanio woo the heiress Portia, the merchant Antonio borrows from the moneylender Shylock on a bond of a pound of flesh. Shakespeare's comedy (c.1596) whose treatment of Shylock is studied for its antisemitism; an AQA GCSE text.
William Shakespeare wrote The Merchant of Venice, first published in 1600. It is a play in 5 acts.
Antonio, Shylock, Portia, Bassanio, Jessica and Gratiano.
Prejudice, Mercy and justice, Money, Friendship, Love, Law, Appearance and reality, Revenge.
Yes. All 35 questions are free, each with the answer and an explanation. Play online with instant feedback, or print any quiz as a test with an answer key.
The act quizzes are spoiler-safe — each one only covers its own act. The final test and the skill quizzes cover the whole play.
The Merchant of Venice is widely studied for GCSE English Literature, US High School English. Reading lists vary by school and exam board, so check your own syllabus.
The Merchant of Venice is in the public domain in the US: read it free in Pagine, at the Folger Shakespeare Library or on Project Gutenberg, or listen on LibriVox.
Yes. Print any The Merchant of Venice quiz with an answer key for reading checks, homework or revision, or use “Build your own quiz” to choose acts, skills and difficulty.