Question

Lorenzo :
Sweet friends, your patience for my long abode. Not I, but my affairs, have made you wait:

a) Who are referred to as ‘friends’?
b) Where were they? What were they doing there?
c) What did Lorenzo promise ‘friends’ to render in gratitude for their ‘patience’?
d) After some moments, why and from where did Lorenzo ask Jessica to ‘descend’?
e) What was Jessica’s reaction?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

a. GRATIANO and SALARINO are referred to as ‘friends’?

b. This scene takes place in the street outside Shylock’s house.

c.

d. Lorenzo tells Jessica to come down in the street quickly and that she has to play the part of his torch-bearer in the masque that night.

e. Jessica is shocked and embarrassed at the suggestion.