Question

Question 1.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
Bassanio :
Have you heard any imputation to the contrary?
Shylock:
Oh, no, no, no, no: My meaning in saying he is a good man is to have you understand me that he is
sufficient. Yet his means are in supposition : he hath an argosy bound to Tripolis, another to the
Indies: I understand moreover, upon the Rialto, he hath a third a Mexico, a fourth for England, and
other ventures he hath, squandered abroad. But ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-
rats and water rats, water-thieves and land- thieves, I mean pirates, and then there is the peril of
waters, winds and rocks. The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient. Three thousand ducats, I think I may
take his bond.
Where does Bassanio meet Shylock and Why?
(2x4)
Who is to stand surety for the loan demanded by Bssanio?
What dangers to Antonio's ships could render him bankrupt, according to Shylock?
(iv) Finally Shylock agrees to lend three thousand ducats. On what condition does he agree?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1/ bassnio met shylock in the street of venice because bassnio want shylock to give him three thousand ducats as a debt and Antonio will return them after 3 months.

2/ Antonio

3/ the ships may be sinked or losed

4/ shylock agrees to give him money but Provided that Antonio writes to the lawyer in case he is late in paying the debt, the shylock cuts a portion of his flesh by a pound.