Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Bassanio: I know thee well; Thou hast obtain’d thy suit:
Shylock thy master spoke with me this day.
And hath preferr’d thee. If it be preferment
To leave a rich Jew’s service to become
The follower of so poor a gentleman.
i. Who is the ‘thee’ in the extract? What had Shylock told about the ‘thee’? [3]
ii. Explain the meaning of the extract. [4]
iii. What proverb is quoted as an answer to this speech of Bassanio? [3]
iv. What instructions are given by Bassanio. Soon after this? What does this show of his character? [3]
v. Just after this extract, Launcelot has predicted certain things for himself by looking at his paim. What are
they?
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Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Bassanio: I know thee well; Thou hast obtain’d thy suit:
Shylock thy master spoke with me this day.
And hath preferr’d thee. If it be preferment
To leave a rich Jew’s service to become
The follower of so poor a gentleman.
i. Who is the ‘thee’ in the extract? What had Shylock told about the ‘thee’? [3]
ii. Explain the meaning of the extract. [4]
iii. What proverb is quoted as an answer to this speech of Bassanio? [3]
iv. What instructions are given by Bassanio. Soon after this? What does this show of his character? [3]
v. Just after this extract, Launcelot has predicted certain things for himself by looking at his paim. What are
they?
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