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Read the extract below and answer the Question

.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........
The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)

36

The first two lines convey an impression of

  • A. radiance
  • B. deception
  • C. beauty
  • D. destruction
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37

The underlined expression is an example of

  • A. onomatopoeia
  • B. personification
  • C. hyperbole
  • D. metonymy
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38

'' Midas'' in the extract illustrates a/an

  • A. anecdote
  • B. pun
  • C. allusion
  • D. allegory
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39

After the speech, the speaker proceeds to

  • A. make the right choice
  • B. marry her lover
  • C. unlock the silver casket
  • D. expose the secret
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : I pray thee over -name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them. And according to my description level at my affection.
B : First there is the Neapolitan prince.
A : Ay, that's a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation his own good parts that he can shoe him himself. I am much afeared my lady his mother played false with a smith

40

Speaker A is

  • A. Nerissa
  • B. Portia
  • C. Jessica
  • D. Duke
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