The Merchant of Venice Act 3 Quiz and Close Reading Bundle

Help high school students extend reading comprehension and analyze plot developments in Act 3 of William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice with this bundle of assessments. Answer keys are included. Covering every scene in Act 3, this bundle offers a plot-based quiz and five close reading analysis worksheets designed to facilitate students’ abilities to do the following:

• Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly
• Define complex words and phrases as they are used
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, develop, and interact
• Isolate opinions with which characters are likely to agree
• Examine narrative techniques used to make Portia seem emotionally flustered
• Compare and contrast two characters (Antonio and Shylock; Portia and Antonio)
• Apply knowledge of many literary devices with emphasis on metaphor, oxymoron, onomatopoeia, allusion, personification, symbolism, invective, and euphemism
• Analyze the author’s craft with emphasis on the effect created by the incorporation of active verbs
• Explore themes
• Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss the play
• Defend claims with reasoned thinking and relevant evidence
• Write ideas with accuracy, clarity, and precision