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Question

This character rejects princes from Morocco and Arragon after they select gold and silver chests. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this character who marries Bassanio and is accompanied by her lady-in-waiting, Nerissa. Later, while disguised as the lawyer Balthazar, this character gives the “quality of mercy” speech.

ANSWER: Portia (“POR-shuh”)

[10e] Portia appears in a Shakespeare play titled for this city. Antonio, the play’s title “Merchant of [this city],” promises Shylock a pound of flesh in exchange for a loan of 3,000 ducats.

ANSWER: Venice [accept The Merchant of Venice]

[10m] This play may have inspired Shakespeare to write The Merchant of Venice. This Christopher Marlowe play’s title character is Barabas, who dies after falling into a boiling cauldron.

ANSWER: The Jew of Malta [or The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	0%	50%
Southern California	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	15.00	75%	75%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	12.50	100%	13%	13%
Florida	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	17.00	100%	40%	30%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	11.11	100%	0%	11%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	13.75	100%	38%	0%
North	Main	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	15.83	100%	25%	33%
Pacific	Main	Y	7	18.57	100%	43%	43%
South Central	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Southeast	Main	Y	10	16.00	100%	60%	0%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	14.00	100%	20%	20%
UK (South)	UK	Y	6	15.00	100%	17%	33%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	33%	33%

Data


Claremont A	UCLA B	10	10	10	30
UCSD A	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
UCLA F	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCSD B	0	10	0	10
Claremont B	USC A	0	10	0	10
Claremont C	USC B	0	10	0	10
Ottawa A	McGill A	0	0	0	0
McGill B	McGill C	0	10	10	20
Ottawa D	Ottawa B	0	10	10	20
Carleton A	Ottawa C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Berkeley Mighty Miner	0	10	0	10
Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Florida Tech A	Florida A	0	10	0	10
Florida B	UCF A	0	10	0	10
McMaster B	Guelph A	10	10	0	20
McMaster C	Queen's A	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Toronto B	0	10	0	10
Toronto G	Waterloo C	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
Toronto C	Waterloo A	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
CWRU B	CWRU C	10	10	10	30
CWRU D	Michigan State A	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Louisville B	10	10	10	30
Louisville D	Ohio State D	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Louisville C	0	10	0	10
Michigan State B	Ohio State C	0	10	10	20
Michigan State C	Michigan A	0	10	0	10
Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	10	10	0	20
WVU B	Ohio State A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary B	Duke A	10	10	0	20
NCSU A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
NCSU B	Tusculum A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary A	UNC A	0	10	10	20
UNC D	UNC C	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech C	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	0	10	10	20
William & Mary C	JMU A	0	10	0	10
George Mason C	Stony Brook	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Johns Hopkins	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A	Maryland C	10	10	0	20
George Mason B	NYU A	0	10	0	10
Penn	Vassar B	0	10	0	10
Princeton	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Maryland B	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
NYU B	Rutgers C	0	10	0	10
Rutgers D	George Mason A	0	10	0	10
WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Illinois Blue	Illinois Canada	0	10	10	20
William Woods University A	Illinois Champaign	0	10	0	10
St. Thomas	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Wisconsin A	Macalester	0	10	0	10
Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	0	10	0	10
Williams B	Amherst A	0	10	0	10
Boston College A	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Vermont A	Boston College B	10	10	0	20
Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Tufts C	0	10	0	10
Amherst B	Dartmouth A	0	10	0	10
Dartmouth B	Boston University A	0	10	10	20
MIT B	Dartmouth C	0	10	0	10
Tufts A	UConn A	10	10	0	20
Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Williams C	10	10	10	30
Illinois Orange	Purdue C	0	10	0	10
Iowa A	Illinois Urbana	0	10	0	10
Indiana A	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Indiana B	0	10	0	10
Rose-Hulman A	WashU Grolars	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Washington Sockeye	Boise State	0	10	10	20
British Columbia A	Washington Atlantic	10	10	0	20
British Columbia B	Alberta A	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	Texas	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Washington Masu	0	10	0	10
Washington State	Washington Pink	10	10	10	30
Rose State	Central Oklahoma B	0	10	0	10
Murray State College A	Nebraska B	10	10	10	30
Tulsa A	Nebraska C	0	10	10	20
Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech C	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
Chipola College	Vanderbilt A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt C	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Durham A	Durham B	10	10	0	20
Durham C	Edinburgh A	0	10	0	10
Durham D	Sheffield A	0	10	0	10
Edinburgh C	Sheffield B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	York	0	10	0	10
Southampton	Cambridge A	0	10	0	10
Oxford	Cambridge E	0	10	0	10
Cambridge D	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Cambridge B	Imperial C	10	10	10	30
Imperial D	Imperial B	0	10	0	10
Warwick	LSE	0	10	0	10
Alabama A	Clemson A	0	10	10	20
Tennessee Tech	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Clemson B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Georgia Tech F	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Georgia A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	0	10	10	20
Binghamton A	Cornell D	10	10	10	30
Cornell C	Cornell A	0	10	0	10
Rochester	RIT A	0	10	0	10
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20