The Merchant of Venice: Act IV Quiz

  1. Explain how Portian prevented Shylock from killing Antonio.
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  2. What law does Portia invoke to punish Shylock?
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  3. What are the conditions of the final judgment against Shylock?
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Who said it, and what is he/she talking about?

  1. "Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir'st"
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  2. "The quality of mercy is nor strained.
    It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven."

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  3. "By my soul there is no power in the tongue of man to alter me."
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  4. "...life itself, my wife, and all the world
    Are not with me esteemed above thy life."

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