Question

Q1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Bassanio: I was enforc’d to send it after him. I was beset with shame and courtesy; My honour would not let ingratitude So much besmear it.
i. Whom is Bassanio talking to and where are they?
ii. What does ‘it’ refer to in the above lines?
iii. What did the lawyer want from Bassanio as his fees?
What was Bassanio willing to offer the lawyer as his fees instead?
iv. What did Bassanio tell the listener about if he/she had been there in the court?

Answer 1

Answer:

1.He is taking to his wife

2.The ring

3.The ring that his wife presented to him

4.He said that he was in the court