Read the extract below and answer questions: A : Would you'd pardon me I do not without danger walk these streets; Once, in a sea-fight against the Count hi...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 1998 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

Question 1 Report

Read the extract below and answer questions:

A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)

Speaker A is
Answer Details
Speaker A is "Antonio." In the given extract, Antonio is speaking about how he is in danger of being caught by the Count's men if he is seen walking the streets. He explains that he once served in a sea-fight against the Count's galleys and did a notable service. If he is caught, he fears that he will be punished severely. When asked by Speaker B if he had killed many of the Count's people, Antonio replies that the offence is not of such a bloody nature, even though the time and quarrel might have led to a violent confrontation. Therefore, it is clear that Speaker A is Antonio, who is speaking about his past and the danger he is currently in.

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