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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2016 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract and answer the question

I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.
My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 - 95)

In the extract ''this napkin'' is ''the token'' of love between
Answer Details
The correct answer is option D - Desdemona and Othello. In the given extract, the speaker (Emilia) talks about finding a napkin and mentions that it was the first gift Desdemona received from Othello (the Moor). The speaker's husband (Iago) had tried to persuade her to steal the napkin many times, but Desdemona valued it so much that she always kept it with her and talked to it. Therefore, "this napkin" is "the token" of love between Desdemona and Othello.
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