Question

Nerissa, cheer yon stranger; bid her welcome- your hand, Salerio: what’s the news from Venice? How doth that royal

merchant, good Autonio? I know he will be glad of our success; We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.

(i) Who is the speaker in above lines? Where is the speaker at present? Name all the characters present in this scene? (3)

(ii) Whom does Nerissa is asked to extend a welcome? Why does earlier in the scene the stranger is called infidel? (3)

(iii) Explain the given lines with reference:

“We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.” (3)

(iv) Who is Salerio? What news he has brought from Venice? Later in the scene a phrase blotted paper is mentioned by

Bassanio, what was that? (3)

(v) Earlier in the scene Bassanio relates many situations (examples) to prove that external show which misleads the

people has no real value. Mention any four such examples taken by Bassanio from real life situations?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Nerissa, cheer yon stranger; bid her welcome- your hand, Salerio: what’s the news from Venice? How doth that royal

merchant, good Autonio? I know he will be glad of our success; We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.

(i) Who is the speaker in above lines? Where is the speaker at present? Name all the characters present in this scene? (3)

(ii) Whom does Nerissa is asked to extend a welcome? Why does earlier in the scene the stranger is called infidel? (3)

(iii) Explain the given lines with reference:

“We are the Jasons, we have won the fleece.” (3)

(iv) Who is Salerio? What news he has brought from Venice? Later in the scene a phrase blotted paper is mentioned by

Bassanio, what was that? (3)

(v) Earlier in the scene Bassanio relates many situations (examples) to prove that external show which misleads the

people has no real value. Mention any four such