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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Shylock : [Aside] How like a fawning publican he looks!
I hate him for he is a Christian;
But more , for that in low simplicity
He lends out money gratis and brings down
The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
(i) Where does this scene take place? Who is the ‘fawning publican’? Who is the
third person present here? [3]
(ii) Explain ‘fawning publican’ .Why did Shylock hate him? [3]
(iii) Why have the other two men come to Shylock? Why could not the ‘fawning
publican’ resolve the matter without coming to Shylock? [3]
(iv) Write any three ways in which the ‘fawning publican’ had ill-treated Shylock.
(v) What does Shylock ask him to do ‘in merry sport’? List one quality each, of
Shylock and the ‘fawning publican’, in the light of this episode. How does
Bassanio react to Shylock’s proposal?

Answer 1

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