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The Three Caskets — Practice Quiz

ICSE · Class 8 · English Literature: Book 'Gulmohar'

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What is the main purpose of Portia's father's three-casket test?

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How many caskets are placed before the suitors in the test?

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Which three materials are used for the caskets?

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Who is Portia in the play?

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What does Portia say about her own choice in marriage?

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She is bound by a lottery and cannot choose voluntarily

Portia says that the lottery of her destiny bars her right of voluntary choosing.

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Which suitor first arrives to try the casket test?

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Prince of Morocco

The Prince of Morocco is the first suitor to take the test.

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How does the Prince of Morocco ask Portia to judge him?

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Not by his complexion

He asks Portia not to dislike him for his complexion.

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What causes the Prince of Morocco's dark complexion according to his speech?

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The shadowed livery of the burnish'd sun

Morocco says his dark skin comes from the African sun, which he describes as the burnish'd sun.

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