The Merchant of Venice Act 4 Quiz and Close Reading Bundle

Help high school students extend reading comprehension and analyze plot developments in Act 4 of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice with this bundle of assessments. Answer keys are included. Covering both scenes in Act 4, this bundle offers a plot-based quiz and two close reading analysis worksheets designed to facilitate students’ abilities to do the following:

• Identify what the text says both explicitly and implicitly
• Examine how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact
• Explore the symbolic importance of rain
• Activate prior knowledge regarding Christians’ general treatment of Shylock
• Explore cause-and-effect relationships
• Discern the tone of a particular passage
• Apply knowledge of literary devices with emphasis on situational irony and dramatic irony
• Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss the play
• Identify relevant textual evidence in support of claims
• Write with clarity, accuracy, and precision