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Read the following extract from Act 2 of “The Merchant of Venice” and answer the questions that follow by choosing the most appropriate option from the choices given below:

Portia: In terms of choice, I am not solely led
By nice direction of a maiden’s eyes;
Besides the lottery of my destiny,
Bars me the right of voluntary choosing.

Choose the location where Portia has quoted the above lines.

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A
A room in Portia’s house
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A public place
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A street in Venice
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A room in Jessica’s house
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Solution

The correct option is A A room in Portia’s house
Portia quotes the given extract in a room in her house. She is talking to the Prince of Morocco in this scene of Act 2, who has arrived in Belmont to try his luck at the lottery of caskets according to the devised will of Portia’s father.

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