Literature In English Past Questions | West African Examinations Council (WAEC)

Question 21

Read the extract and answer the questionX: We two, my lord.

Will guard your person while you take take your rest,

And watch your safety.Y: Thank you - Wondrous heavy .

(Act II, Scene One, lines 184 - 187)X and Y are

Options

A) Antonio and Alonso

B) Sebastian and Alonso

C) Antonio and Gonzalo

D) Sebastian and Gonzalo

The correct answer is A.

Question 22

Read the extract and answer the questionX: We two, my lord.

Will guard your person while you take take your rest,

And watch your safety.Y: Thank you - Wondrous heavy .

(Act II, Scene One, lines 184 - 187)The situation in the extract is highly

Options

A) satirical

B) prophetic

C) ironical

D) comical

The correct answer is C.

Question 23

Read the extract and answer the questionX: We two, my lord.

Will guard your person while you take take your rest,

And watch your safety.Y: Thank you - Wondrous heavy .

(Act II, Scene One, lines 184 - 187)What has happened to all the other characters in the scene?

Options

A) They have been made deaf and dumb

B) Ariel has put them all to sleep

C) They have been sent away

D) Prospero has put them to sleep

The correct answer is B.

Question 24

Read the extract and answer the uestionAriel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come

To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,

To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride

On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task

Ariel and all his quality.

(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)Ariel has 'come' because

Options

A) he has been invited by Prospero

B) he wants to make a request

C) he desires a meeting

D) flying is no problem to him

The correct answer is A.

Question 25

Read the extract and answer the uestionAriel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come

To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,

To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride

On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task

Ariel and all his quality.

(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)Prospero has actually

Options

A) raised a storm at sea

B) punished Miranda

C) dismissed Ferdinand

D) commanded Ariel to disappear

The correct answer is A.

Question 26

Read the extract and answer the Question Ariel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come

To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,

To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride

On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task

Ariel and all his quality.

(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)Before Ariel's entry

Options

A) Ferdinand has brought in some wood

B) Prospero had put Miranda to sleep

C) Caliban had been sweaing at prospero

D) Trinculo had discovered Caliban's cloak

The correct answer is B.

Question 27

Read the extract and answer the uestionAriel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come

To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,

To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride

On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task

Ariel and all his quality.

(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)'Ariel and all his quality' means Ariel and

Options

A) all at his command

B) the quality of a spirit

C) his band of spirit

D) an ability to cause mischief

The correct answer is C.

Question 28

Read the extract and answer the uestionAriel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come

To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,

To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride

On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task

Ariel and all his quality.

(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)Soon after, Ariel

Options

A) flies off to do his duty

B) recounts the confusion on board the ship

C) kneels down to worship Prospero

D) calls Ceres and another spirit

The correct answer is A.

Question 29

Read the extract and answer the questionYou cram these words into mine ears against

The stomach of my sense. Would I had never

Married my daughter there! For, coming thence,

My son is lost, and, in my rate, she too,

(Act II, Scene One, lines 99 - 102)The speaker is

Options

A) Gonzalo

B) Antonio

C) Sebastian

D) Alonso

The correct answer is C.

Question 30

Read the extract and answer the questionYou cram these words into mine ears against

The stomach of my sense. Would I had never

Married my daughter there! For, coming thence,

My son is lost, and, in my rate, she too,

(Act II, Scene One, lines 99 - 102)"These words" refer to

Options

A) the shipwreck

B) the son's disappearance

C) the daughter's wedding

D) Prospero's magic

The correct answer is C.


Question 31

Read the extract and answer the questionYou cram these words into mine ears against

The stomach of my sense. Would I had never

Married my daughter there! For, coming thence,

My son is lost, and, in my rate, she too,

(Act II, Scene One, lines 99 - 102)Where did the wee\dding take place?

Options

A) Algiers

B) Milan

C) Tunis

D) Naples

The correct answer is B.

Question 32

Read the extract and answer the questionYou cram these words into mine ears against

The stomach of my sense. Would I had never

Married my daughter there! For, coming thence,

My son is lost, and, in my rate, she too,

(Act II, Scene One, lines 99 - 102)The setting is

Options

A) outside Prospero's cell

B) on a ship

C) in front of Prospero's cell

D) another part of the island

The correct answer is B.

Question 33

Read the extract and answer the questionYou cram these words into mine ears against

The stomach of my sense. Would I had never

Married my daughter there! For, coming thence,

My son is lost, and, in my rate, she too,

(Act II, Scene One, lines 99 - 102)".......in my rate" means

Options

A) I'm very certain

B) so far as I can see

C) there's no doubt

D) as it appears

The correct answer is B.

Question 34

Answer all the questions in this section WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The TempestRead the extract and anser the question.Silence ! One word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!

An advocate for an impostor! Hush!

(Act 1,Scene Two, lines 478 - 480)The Speaker is

Options

A) Gonzalo

B) Antonio

C) Prospero

D) Alonso

The correct answer is D.

Question 35

Answer all the questions in this section WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The TempestRead the extract and anser the question.Silence ! One word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!

An advocate for an impostor! Hush!

(Act 1,Scene Two, lines 478 - 480)The addressee is

Options

A) Ariel

B) Ferdinand

C) Caliban

D) Miranda

The correct answer is C.

Question 36

Answer all the questions in this section WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The TempestRead the extract and anser the question.Silence ! One word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!

An advocate for an impostor! Hush!

(Act 1,Scene Two, lines 478 - 480)The "impostor" is

Options

A) Sebastian

B) Antonio

C) Ferdinand

D) Alonso

The correct answer is A.

Question 37

Answer all the questions in this section WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The TempestRead the extract and anser the question.Silence ! One word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!

An advocate for an impostor! Hush!

(Act 1,Scene Two, lines 478 - 480)The "advocate" and the "impostor" are

Options

A) conspirators

B) suspicious of each other

C) enemies

D) attracted to each other

The correct answer is A.

Question 38

Answer all the questions in this section WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The TempestRead the extract and anser the question.Silence ! One word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!

An advocate for an impostor! Hush!

(Act 1,Scene Two, lines 478 - 480)The speaker's utterance betrays his

Options

A) anger

B) pretence

C) hatred

D) sorrow

The correct answer is D.

Question 39

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the passage and the question A modest two-room hut built of mud and roofed with straw graciously sheltered the Mensahs. One of the rooms advertised itself as a living room. The kind earthenware pot willingly kept company with four ever-smilling stools. The pot eternally contained cool water for guests. The second room was a warm-hearted bedroom without a bed. The poor pair had to sleep on bare straw mats on the polished dirt floor Some overwashed rags deputised for blankets and sheets and pillows. Two strong dry logs, facing each other like bitter rivals burned themselve out at night, not merly to keep the couple warm but mainly to ward off hungry mosquitoes and other hostile pests.

There was no door to ward off the cold night air. Some rude devices, however, were contrived to keep the room quite safe from prying eyes and curious domestic animals. Would any thief be ever tempted to peep into such a rude room of such a poor pair?The dominant literary device used in the passage is

Options

A) litotes

B) personification

C) simle

D) paradox

The correct answer is B.

Question 40

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the passage and the question A modest two-room hut built of mud and roofed with straw graciously sheltered the Mensahs. One of the rooms advertised itself as a living room. The kind earthenware pot willingly kept company with four ever-smilling stools. The pot eternally contained cool water for guests. The second room was a warm-hearted bedroom without a bed. The poor pair had to sleep on bare straw mats on the polished dirt floor Some overwashed rags deputised for blankets and sheets and pillows. Two strong dry logs, facing each other like bitter rivals burned themselve out at night, not merly to keep the couple warm but mainly to ward off hungry mosquitoes and other hostile pests.

There was no door to ward off the cold night air. Some rude devices, however, were contrived to keep the room quite safe from prying eyes and curious domestic animals. Would any thief be ever tempted to peep into such a rude room of such a poor pair?The rhetorical question that ends the passage stresses the

Options

A) wickedness of thieves

B) poverty of the couple

C) security of the hut

D) filthiness of the surrounding

The correct answer is B.

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