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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

Read the extract below and answer the question

Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy
for you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)

311

The underlined expression illustrates

  • A. assonance
  • B. synecdoche
  • C. alliteration
  • D. irony
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Read the extract below and answer the question

I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)

312

The speaker is

  • A. Jessica
  • B. Servingman
  • C. Nerissa
  • D. Portia
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313

Thou in the extract refers to

  • A. Gobbo
  • B. Launcelot
  • C. Salerio
  • D. Leonardo
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314

During this speech, the speaker

  • A. betrays his conscience
  • B. chooses the right partner
  • C. gives the addressee a letter
  • D. changes the course of action
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315

Merry devil illustrates

  • A. oxymoron
  • B. simile
  • C. paradox
  • D. personification
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