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1.Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:At the time when the city of Venice in Italy was richand famous, one of her chief citizens was a merchant named Antonio. He was well known for his kindness. He had many friends and among them was a young Venetian nobleman named Bassanio. Although he came from a noblefamily, Bassanio was poor lived beyond his means in order to live the kind of life he liked. But Antonio loved him and gave him money whenever heneeded it for the Merchant of Venice was a prosperousman, who owned many valuable ships which traded with foreign countries.Bassanio loved a rich and noble young lady named Portia, whose father had recently died. Thus she came into her inheritance. So rich, beautiful and clever was she that princes and noblemen were continually offering to marry her. These visitors, because they were richand noble, knew how to make a fine show before the lady, by arriving at her house with expensivepresents and finely-dressed servants. Bassanio could not afford to buy fine presents, and he was afraid that the lady would not like him because he was poor, and so would refuse to marry him.Bassanio went to Antonio and told him of his difficulty. He asked Antonio to lend him three thousand ducats. But Antonio had no money to spare as all his ships were at sea. He decided to borrow the money from Shylock, the money-lender.Shylock was a miserbut the best-known money-lender in Venice. He was not liked by people because he was a cruelman who demanded a high rate of interestand showed no mercyto those who could not pay back the money borrowed from him. Shylock hated Antonio, partly because Antonio expressed his dislike for Shylock’s cruelty, but chiefly because Antonio himself often lent money without asking for any interest on it, and this spoiled Shylock’s business. Unaware of this, Antonio went to him with his friend Bassanio to ask for three thousand ducats. A.Provide two instances from the passage to prove that Antonio was a kind man. (2)

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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these are the two incidents which shows Antonio's kindness:

Antonio gave Bassanio money whenever he needed.

Antonio went to him with his friend Bassanio to ask for three thousand ducats

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