JAMB Literature in English 2007 Question 49

Question 49

Literary Appreciation: Prose and Drama
JAMB 2007: William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar (extract: the cobbler)
The passage, as printed

The speaker in the excerpt above is a

  1. A.trader
  2. B.surgeon
  3. C.meddler
  4. D.cobbler.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (cobbler.)

Explanation

He lives 'by the awl' and is 'a surgeon to old shoes': he mends shoes, so he is a cobbler.