Question

What are the terms of the lottery referred to in the above extract? Who devised it?
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Answer 1

Answer:

The lottery reffered in the extract is portia's father has devised a lottery of cakesets and he kept her portrait in one of the cakesets. her marriage depends on the suitor's choicing the right cakeset. According to the lottery, each sutior has to choose from amongest the three cakesets of gold, sliver and lead.

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