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Question 1 |
Identify the character who is not portrayed in ‘The Merchant of Venice’.
Portia | |
Bassanio | |
Shylock | |
Brutus |
Question 2 |
The line, “It blesseth him that gives and him that takes”. Occurs in the play
King Lear | |
Othello | |
Julius Caesar | |
The Merchant of Venice |
Question 3 |
In which play do the following lines occur?
“It is not so expressed but what of that?
‘T’ were good you do so much for charity”
Julius Caesar | |
Hamlet | |
The Merchant of Venice | |
Macbeth |
Question 4 |
This was the most unkindest cut of all.
Identify the speaker.
Calphurnia | |
Brutus | |
Mark Antony | |
Cassius |
Question 5 |
“Et tu Brute”?
These are the famous words of………..
Mark Antony | |
Decius Brutus | |
Cassius | |
Julius Caesar |
Question 6 |
This was the most unkindest cut of all.
Identify the speaker
Mark Antony | |
Brutus | |
Cassius | |
Calphurnia |
Question 7 |
There is no power m the tongue of man to alter me. I stay here on my bond”.
Which character in the play, “Merchant of Venice” utters these words?
Antonio | |
Bassanio | |
Portia | |
Shylock |
Question 8 |
Match the following:
(a) Antonio | 1. Lady of Belmont |
(b) Portia | 2. Money Lender |
(c) Shylock | 3. Antonio’s Friend |
(d) Bassanio | 4. Merchant of Venice |
4 1 3 2 | |
3 1 2 4 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
2 3 4 1 |
Question 9 |
Caesar’s wife………..forbids him to go to Senate House.
Calphurnia | |
Octavia | |
Cleopatra | |
Helena |
Question 10 |
Who says these words?
“There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.”
Shylock | |
Antony | |
Portia | |
Brutus |
Question 11 |
Do you confess the bond?’
Who is asked to confiss?
Antonio | |
Shylock | |
Bassanio | |
Duke |
Question 12 |
From which play these lines occur
“The quality of mercy is not strain’d
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath”.
Julius Caesar | |
Antony and Cleopatra | |
The Merchant of Venice | |
King Lear |
Question 13 |
Who says these words?
“Brutus is an honourable man”.
Julius Caesar | |
Mark Antony | |
Cleopatra | |
Calphurnia |
Question 14 |
The good is often interred with their bones. So let it be with Caesar. These are the words of…….
Caesar | |
Cassius | |
Brutus | |
Antony |
Question 15 |
Mercy droppeth as the gentle rain from Heaven. This line is taken from……..
Julius Caesar | |
After the storm | |
The Sun Beam | |
The Merchant of Venice |
Question 16 |
Identify the speaker/character of the following lines.
O, Judgement! Thou art fled to brutish beasts
And men have lost their reason!
Casca | |
Decious Brutus | |
Mark Antony | |
Marcus Brutus |
Question 17 |
Find out the correct answer from which it is taken?
“I am no Orator, as Brutus is”
Merchant of Venice | |
Farmer | |
Vision for the Nation | |
Julius Caesar |
Question 18 |
Who said these words?
Et tu Brute?
Brutus | |
Antoany | |
Caesar | |
Cassiue |
Question 19 |
Who said this to whom?
“I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse”
Antony to Brutus | |
Antony to the citizens of Rome | |
Brutus to Caesar | |
Caesar says to Brutus |
Question 20 |
Who said these following lines in the drama Julius caesar?
“There is tears for his love; Joy for his fortune;
honour for his valour; and death for his ambition
Brutus | |
Cassius | |
Casca | |
Antony |
Question 21 |
Who said this following?
‘The Jew Shall have all justice. Soft! No haste,
He shall have nothing but the penalty’
Portia says to Bassanio that Shylock will have penalty as per justice and nothing else | |
Bassanio says these words to Antonio | |
Antonio explains the judgement to Bassanio | |
Portia explains Shylock about the punishment he will have at the end |
Question 22 |
Identify the character Jessica from the following options.
Julius Caesar | |
The Merchant of Venice | |
Solitary Reaper | |
The Open Window |
Question 23 |
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now
You all do know this mantle ……
These are the words of
Brutus | |
Julius Caesar | |
Casca | |
Mark Antony |
Question 24 |
Identify the Shakespearian play in which the following lines occur from the choices given below
‘I am no orator, as Brutus is :
But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man
That love my friend;’
The Merchant of Venice | |
Julius Caesar | |
King Lear | |
Macbeth |
Question 25 |
“None, Brutus, None”.
Whose words are these from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar?
Find out the correct answer from the options given below.
Cassius | |
Mark Antony | |
Brutus | |
Citizens |
Question 26 |
Choose the option that contains the name of speaker and the play from which these lines are taken:
‘The quality of mercy is not strain’d
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven’.
Shylock from ‘The Merchant of Venice’ | |
Brutus from ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Antony from ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Portia from ‘The Merchant of Venice’ |
Question 27 |
The Shakespearean character, Bassanio is from the play…..
Julius Caesar | |
The Merchant of Venice | |
Macbeth | |
King Lear |
Question 28 |
“He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransom did the general coffers fill”
In the above quote, “He” refers to—–
Mark Antony | |
Julius Caesar | |
Decius Brutus | |
Octavius Caesar |
Question 29 |
The line, “The evil that men do lives after them” occurs in the play
Julius Caesar | |
As YOU like it | |
Twelfth Night | |
The Merchant of Venice |
Question 30 |
‘This was the most unkindest cut of all’.
By whom was the most unkindest cut inflicted?
Casca | |
Decius Brutus | |
Marcus Brutus | |
Cassius |
Question 31 |
‘There is no power in the tongue of man
To alter me’.
Who uttered these words?
Shylock | |
Antonio | |
Portia | |
Bassanio |
Question 32 |
Which of the following characters is not from the drama, “Julius Caesar”?
Gasca | |
Cassius | |
Antonia | |
Amelius Lepidus |
Question 33 |
Match the characters under Column A with their utterances given under Column B :
Column A | Column B |
(a) Brutus | 1. Most learned judge ! A sentence ! come, prepare |
(b) Portia | 2. For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar’s angel! |
(c) Antony | 3. It blesseth him that gives and him that takes |
(d) Shylock | 4. Not tbat I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more |
3 1 2 4 | |
1 4 3 2 | |
4 3 2 1 | |
1 2 4 3 |
Question 34 |
Identify the play in which the following lines appear.
“Ambition should be made of Sterner stuff’.
Antony and Cleopatra | |
Julius Caesar | |
The Merchant of Venice | |
Macbeth |
Question 35 |
Who makes the following statement in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar:
“Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”.
Brutus | |
Antony | |
First citizen | |
Octavius |
Question 36 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
‘Who is here so base that would be a bondman’
These words are spoken by
Brutus | |
Antony | |
Portia | |
Antony |
Question 37 |
Who among the following is not a character in Shakespeare’s ‘Merchant of Venice’?
Calpurnia | |
Bassanio | |
Portia | |
Nerissa |
Question 38 |
Who speaks the following lines in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”
The quality of mercy is not Strained
It droppeth as the gentle ram from heaven
Upon the place Beneath”.
Antonio | |
Shylock | |
Portia | |
Duke |
Question 39 |
Who uttered the line “I craved the law” in “The Merchant of Venice”?
Portia | |
Shylock | |
Antonio | |
Bassanio |
Question 40 |
Name the greedy moneylender in the play ‘The Merchant of Venice’.
Antonio | |
Bassanio | |
Shylock | |
Lorenzo |
Question 41 |
Shylock was envious of Antonio, a
merchant | |
teacher | |
farmer | |
lawyer |
Question 42 |
‘Ingratitude, more strong than traitor’s arms’.
Who utters these words?
Antonio in, ‘The Merchant of Venice’ | |
Antony in, ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ | |
Mark Antony in, ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Romeo in, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ |
Question 43 |
“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”
Whose words are these?
Marcus Brutus | |
Mark Antony | |
Casca | |
Cassius |
Question 44 |
Who has uttered these words?
His sceptre shows the-force of temporal power.
Shylock | |
Bassanio | |
Portia | |
Antonio |
Question 45 |
It is an attribute to god himself’
Identify the speaker of the given line.
Macbeth | |
Portia | |
Nerrisa | |
Jessica |
Question 46 |
Choose the option denoting the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken :
“It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath”
Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Mark Antony in ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Portia in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ | |
Shylock in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ |
Question 47 |
Choose the option that contains the name of the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken:
“Believe me for mine honour,
and have respect to mine honour,
that you may believe”.
Bassanio in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ | |
Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Antonio in ‘The Merchant of Venice’ | |
Antony in ‘Julius Caesar’ |
Question 48 |
Which of the following lines does not occur in William Shakespeare’s works?
The evil that men do lives after them | |
My deeds upon my head! I crave the law | |
O judgement! Thou art fled to breetish beasts | |
Was it cowardice, that I dared not kill him? |
Question 49 |
Match the following characters in Column A with their roles in Column B and select the correct code :
Column A | Column B |
(a) Portia | 1. A Jewish Money Lender |
(b) Jessica | 2. A Merchant of Venice |
(c) Shylock | 3. Shylock’s daughter |
(d) Antonio | 4. A Wealthy Lady in Belmont |
4 1 2 3 | |
2 3 1 4 | |
4 3 1 2 | |
2 4 3 1 |
Question 50 |
Match the characters in Column A with their association in ·Column B as seen in Julius Caesar and select the correct code given below :
Column A | Column B |
(a) Calphurnia | 1. Eloquence of speech |
(b) Decius Brutus | 2. Caesar’s wife |
(c) Marcus Brutus | 3. One of the conspirators |
(d) Mark Antony | 4. Beloved friend |
4 1 2 3 | |
2 3 4 1 | |
4 3 1 2 | |
2 4 3 1 |
Question 51 |
Match the following dialogues under column A with the related characters under column B of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’ and select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Column A | Column B |
(a) Thou Shalt have justice more than thou desir’st | 1. Shylock |
(b) There is no power in the tongue of man to alter me | 2. Duke |
(c) Here, I tender it for him in the court | 3. Portia |
(d) Are you acquainted with the difference that holds this present question | 4. Bassanio |
4 1 2 3 | |
3 1 4 2 | |
4 3 1 2 | |
2 4 3 1 |
Question 52 |
Match the following characters and the plays they appear in :
Column A | Column B |
(a) Portia | 1. The Taming of the shrew |
(b) Mark Antony | 2. Hamlet |
(c) Bianca | 3. The Merchant of Venice |
(d) Claudius | 4. Julius Caesar |
4 1 2 3 | |
3 1 4 2 | |
3 4 1 2 | |
2 4 3 1 |
Question 53 |
Match the following characters with their respective ideas:
Column A | Column B |
(a) Antonio | 1. Lover of Portia |
(b) Bassanio | 2. Merchant of Venice |
(c) Shylock | 3. Lawyer |
(d) Portia | 4. Money lender |
4 1 2 3 | |
3 1 4 2 | |
3 4 1 2 | |
2 1 4 3 |
Question 54 |
Identify the speaker:
“—— not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more”.
Mark Antony | |
Casca | |
Calphurnia | |
Brutus |
Question 55 |
Who has uttered these words?
“Friends Romans, Countrymen
Lend me your ears”.
Brutus in ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Mark Antony in ‘Julius Caesar’ | |
Cassius in ‘Macbeth’ | |
Casca in’Macbeth’ |
Question 56 |
‘Ingratitude, more strong than traitor’s arm
Quite vanquished him’
Identify the speaker who uttered these words.
Antony | |
Antonio | |
Brutus | |
Bassanio |
Question 57 |
Which of the following were the words of Antony in Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’?
- My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar.
- Who is here so base that would be a bondman?
- I will not do them wrong; I rather choose the wrong the dead to wrong myself.
- Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?
1, 2 | |
3, 4 | |
1, 3 | |
1, 4 |
Question 58 |
Et. tu. Brute? (You too Brutus)
Who uttered these words?
Mark Antony | |
Marcus Brutus | |
Julius Caesar | |
Casca |
Question 59 |
Which character utters these words?
“But mercy is above this sceptered sway”
Antonio | |
Bassanio | |
Portia | |
Duke |
Question 60 |
Who said the following lines in ‘Julius Caesar’?
‘Friends, Romans, Countrymen lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar : not to praise him’.
Brutus | |
Mark Antony | |
Julius Caesar | |
Cassius |
Question 61 |
“I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”. Whose words are these?
Antony | |
Brutus | |
Casca | |
Shylock |
Question 62 |
… not that I loved Caesar less but that I loved
Rome more…..
These are the words of——
Antony | |
Cassius | |
Casca | |
Brutus |
Question 63 |
“Friends, Romans, Country men, Lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him”. These are the words of
Brutus | |
Antony | |
Cassius | |
Casca |
Question 64 |
‘Then must the Jew be merciful’
This line is uttered by
Duke | |
Shylock | |
Portia | |
Antonio |
Question 65 |
‘My deeds upon my head ! I crave the law’
Who craves the law?
Portia | |
Antonio | |
Shylock | |
Bassanio |
Question 66 |
There is no power in the Tongue of Man
To alter me I stay here on my Bond”
—— utters these words.
Portia | |
Antony | |
Shylock | |
Bassanio |
Question 67 |
“Most heartily I do beseech the court to give judgement”
These are the words of——–
Antonio | |
Shylock | |
Nerissa | |
Bassanio |
Question 68 |
It is twice blessed
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes
These are the words of——
Portia | |
Shylock | |
Antony | |
Bassanio |
Question 69 |
Who says this?
“My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me”.
Caiphurnia | |
Marcus Brutus | |
Octavius Caesar | |
Mark Antony |
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