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Venice creates debts, threats and hostility.
Belmont supplies solutions and romantic resolutions.

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Venice creates debts, threats and hostility.
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Venice supplies solutions and romantic resolutions.
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Venice creates marriages, music and harmony.
Belmont supplies punishment and legal judgement.

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Venice creates debts, threats and hostility.
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Her dead father’s casket test controls her choice of husband."}]},{"id":"d3b4f6b6-aa10-4b27-aaff-d8ce9e92372c","cardType":"cloze","points":null,"front":"Portia and Nerissa enter the courtroom disguised as young male lawyers: [ ] and [ ].","back":"Portia and Nerissa enter the courtroom disguised as young male lawyers: Balthazar and Stephano.","mcqOptions":[{"text":"Portia and Nerissa enter the courtroom disguised as young male lawyers: Balthazar and Stephano.","correct":true,"explanation":"Portia assumes the identity of Balthazar to act as the learned lawyer, while Nerissa accompanies her in male disguise as Stephano during the courtroom episode."},{"text":"Portia and Nerissa enter the courtroom disguised as young male lawyers: Balthazar and Bellario.","correct":false,"explanation":"Bellario is the learned legal authority whose letter introduces the supposed lawyer, not Nerissa’s courtroom identity. 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Antonio: venture capitalism; loans without interest.
Shylock: interest-bearing loans as business.

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Antonio: venture capitalism; loans without interest.
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Antonio: interest-bearing loans as business.
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Antonio: landownership; rents from tenants.
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Antonio: salaried labour; loans with interest.
Shylock: charitable lending without profit.

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