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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2000 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract below and answer the question

A : How dost thou like this tune?
B : It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
A : Thou dost speak masterly
My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;
Hath is not, boy?
B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

The two speakers are in
Answer Details
The two speakers are in the Duke's palace. In the play "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespeare, this conversation takes place between Duke Orsino (A) and his new servant Cesario (B) whom he does not realize is actually a young woman named Viola in disguise. The scene takes place in the Duke's palace, where Duke Orsino is trying to woo Olivia, and he is asking Cesario for advice and opinion on love.
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