Overview:This 40-question, inference-based, multiple-choice assessment for The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare is designed for advanced, honors, Pre-AP, and AP-level English courses. Rather than focusing on plot recall or surface-level comprehension, this assessment challenges students to demonstrate close reading, literary analysis, and full-text interpretive reasoning. This resource works well as a final exam, end-of-text test, AP-style practice assessment, review tool, or disc