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Read the extract and answer the question Y : Do you know me, my lord?…

Read the extract and answer the question
Y : Do you know me, my lord?
Z : Excellent well; you are a fishmonger
Y : Not I, my lord.
Z : Then I would you were so honest a man.
Y : Honest, my lord!
Z : Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes. Is to be one man picked out of ten thousand.
(Act Two, Scene II, lines 173-179)
Speaker Z thinks Y is
  • A.
    very honest
  • B.
    as dishonest as most people
  • C.
    more dishonest than anyone
  • D.
    more dishonest than ten thousand people
Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation