Shylock lends a loan to Bassanio and Antonio because ( ).

Shylock lends a loan to Bassanio and Antonio because ( 00a0 00a0 00a0 00a0 00a0).

_____ a victim of racial and religious discrimination in The Merchant of Venice? A: Shylock B: Barbaras C: Antonio D: Bassanio

( ) 1. Portia marries ______ at last in the play? A: The Prince of Morocco B: Prince Arragon C: Bassanio D: Antonio

Antonio, Bassanio and Portia are the characters in ______. A: The Merchant of Venice B: Much Ado About Nothing C: Twelfth Night D: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

中国大学MOOC: 15. The traditional theme of ________ is to praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia as a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, and to expose the insatiable greed and brutality of the Jew.

Antonio borrowed money from Shylock for Bassanio, but because of his failure of repaying back the money, he faced his one pound of flesh cut from his body. It was Jessica who saved Antonio.

In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ______. A: his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry B: his enterprise went bankrupt C: Bassanio was able to pay his own debt D: his ships had all been lost