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This question is based on William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Not yet old enough for…

This question is based on William Shakespeare’ s Twelfth Night.

Not yet old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy; as a squash is before it is with him a codling when it is almost an apple; it is with him in standing water, between boy and man. He is very well-favoured, and he speaks very shrewishly; one would think his mother’s milk were scarce out of him.

The images in the quotation above express the speaker’s

  • A.
    contempt and admiration
  • B.
    hatred and pity
  • C.
    contempt and disregard
  • D.
    disregard and pity
Correct Answer: Option A