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Read the extract below and answer the question

....very vilely in the morning when he is sober, and most vilely
in the afternoon when he is drunk. When he is best he is a little
worse than a man, and when he is worst he is a little better than a beast
(Act 1 sc ll)

321

The dominant literary device used in the extract is

  • A. simile
  • B. paradox
  • C. repetition
  • D. oxymoron
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Read the extract below and answer the question

Lock up my doors, and when you hear the drum
And the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife.
Clamber not you up to the casements then
Nor thrust you up to the casements the
To gaze on Christian fools with varnished faces.

(Act 11 sc V)

322

The speaker is

  • A. Gratiano
  • B. Shylock
  • C. Lorenzo
  • D. Solanio
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323

The dominant literary device used in the extract is

  • A. allusion
  • B. irony
  • C. symbolism
  • D. metonymy
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324

The person addressed is

  • A. Bassanio
  • B. Antonio
  • C. Launcelot
  • D. Jessica
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325

After this scene the person addressed

  • A. portrays love for his suitor
  • B. informs of the loss at sea
  • C. elopes with her lover
  • D. delivers letter to a suitor
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