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Read the extract and answer Questions 36 to 40. I will rather sue to be despised than ...

Read the extract and answer Questions 36 to 40.
I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a
commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet
an officer. Drunk! And speak parrot! And squabble!
swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with one's own
shadow! a thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no
name to be known by, let us call thee devil!
(Act II, Scene Three, lines 262-267)
The underlined expression exemplifies __________
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  • A Antithesis
  • B Apostrophe
  • C Chiasmus
  • D Euphemism
Correct Answer: Option B
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