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Leonato : No, not so, villain; thou beliest thyself. Here stand a pair of honourable men. A third…
Leonato : No, not so, villain; thou beliest thyself.
Here stand a pair of honourable men.
A third is fled, that had a hand in it.
I thank you, princes, for my daughter’s death.
Record it with your high and worthy deeds.
’Twas bravely done, if you bethink you of it.
Claudio : I know not how to pray your patience,
Yet I must speak. Choose you revenge yourself;
Impose me to what penance your invention
Can lay upon my sin. Yet sinn’d I not
But in mistaking
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING — Shakespeare
Question 1
Choose two of the passages (a) to (c) and answer briefly the questions that follow:
(i)[1.0]
Where are Claudio and Leonato? Who are the others present?
(ii)[2.0]
Who are the “pair of honourable men” referred to by Leonato? Why has the “third” person fled?
(iii)[1.5]
Explain the lines:
“Record it with your high and worthy deeds. ’Twas bravely done, if you bethink you of it.”
(iv)[2.0]
Describe Leonato’s mood in these lines. Why does Claudio pray for Leonato’s patience?
(v)[2.0]
What “penance” does Leonato impose on Claudio?
(vi)[1.5]
Give the meanings of the following words as they are used in the context of the passage:
hand; bethink; invention
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From ISC 2017 English Literature Paper 1, question 1(c).