OBJECTIVE TEST (3) F. M. (25)
1) What mood is Antonio in when the
drama opens? 🤔 1
2) What is he "to learn"? 1
3) Why does he have trouble to know himself? 1
4) Where is Antonio's mind according to Salarino and why? 1
5) How does Salarino describe Antonio's argosies?.. 1
6) Why would Salanio be plucking the grass? 1
7) What would the wind cooling Salarino's broth remind him of? 1
8) Why wouldn't Salarino see the 'sandy hour glass'? 1
9) What would the church make Salarino imagine? 1
10) Why is Antonio not sad on account of his merchandise? 3
11) Who is Janus? Where was he placed? 2
12) Describe the two types of strange fellows created by nature. 2
13) How do the foolish people
try to earn a reputation for wisdom? 1
14) What did Bassanio do when he lost an arrow in his school days? M.
15) Who is the lady richly left and where?
16)With whom does Bassanio compare this "lady"? 1
17) How is the wide world aware of the lady's worth? 1
18) Why did Jasons come in quest of the lady? 1
19) What does Bassanio's mind "presage" him? 1
20) Why does Antonio advise Bassanio to go to a moneylender? 2
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ANSWERS : OBJECTIVE TEST --3
1) Antonio is in a melancholic or sad mood when the drama opens.
2)He is to learn the origin of his strange melancholy, how he caught it or acquired it.
3) Antonio has trouble to know himself as his sadness has made him a dull fellow.
4) Antonio's mind is moving restlessly on the sea ⛵ where his rich merchant ships or argosies are sailing.
5)Salarino describes Antonio's argosies
to wealthy noblemen or rich merchants.
6)Salanio would be plucking the grass to see the direction of the wind if he had business ventures like Antonio.
7)The wind cooling Salarino's broth would remind him of the strong winds and what damage it might cause to his ships at sea.
8)Salarino would not see the Sandy hour glass as it would remind him of the shallows and quick sands and the threat these could pose to his ships.
9)The church or 'the holy edifice of stone' would make Salarino think of the dangerous rocks at sea and what harm they could cause to his ships.
10) Antonio is not sad on account of his merchandise as his goods are not concentrated in one ship, nor are they heading to the same place. His financial condition doesn't depend upon the profits of the current year.
11)Janus is a Roman God, with two heads, one smiling and the other frowning.
He was usually placed on the doorway one head looking inside and the other outside.
12) Nature has created two types of strange fellows--Some are always in a jovial mood and would laugh at anything like a parrot laughs on hearing the sound of a bagpipe. Some are so serious that they will not smile even at a very funny joke.
13)The foolish people try to earn a reputation for wisdom by maintaining a deliberate silence.
14)In his school days, when Bassanio lost an arrow, he would shoot another arrow 💘 in the same direction but would be more vigilant this time to see where it fell. In this way by risking one he would recover both the arrows.
15) The lady richly left is Portia .
She is in Belmont.
16) Bassanio compares this lady to Brutus' wife and Cato's daughter Portia of Rome.
17)The wide world is aware of the lady's worth is evident from the fact that famous suitors from the four corners of the world come to Belmont in quest of her.
18) Jasons came in quest of the lady since she was considered as valuable as the Golden Fleece of Colchos strand.
19) Bassanio's mind presages him that he would undoubtedly be the winner , if he had the means to tàke his place as a suitor of Portia in Belmont.
20) Antonio advises Bassanio to go to a moneylender to provide him with the money he needed since Antonio did not have any hard cash or any possession with him at that moment to raise money.
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