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Question 2
a) In the following passage, fill in each of the numbered blanks with correct form of the words given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate in the blank space. Example: (0) understand [4]
In order to …..0……[understand] Belmont, the reader must be able to contrast it with Venice. Belmont …..1……[be]full of music, love, riddles, and poetry. Shakespeare’s lines which …..2……[speak]in Belmont or by key Belmont characters are lyrical. Likewise, at the end of the play, all of the couples are in Belmont. They …..3……[leave]Venice or have always …..4…… [live]in Belmont (i.e., Portia). Finally, Belmont clears up all the problems between the couples or seems …..5……[sweep] away the mundane cares of the world. Bassanio and Gratiano give up their wives …..6……[entrust] rings in Venice, but it is Belmont where the plot is unknotted, and the men work to …..7…… [gain] their wives’ hearts. Moreover, a …..8…… [trouble] Antonio goes to Belmont after the courtroom ordeal, perhaps to escape a city which makes his heart heavy.

Answer 1

1. is

2. are spoken

3. have left

4. lived

5. have swept

6. entrusted

7. regain

8. troubled