Waec Literature in English 1998 Past Questions and Answers

Question 91:

• WAEC 1998

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame
Read the extract below and answer questions:
Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........
The land is not at peace because of

A. Sickness and death
B. Famine and war
C. Chieftaincy tussle
D. Political unrest

Question 92:

• WAEC 1998

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame
Read the extract below and answer questions:
Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........
Speaker A's duty is to

A. Cure the people's illness
B. Guard the palace
C. Visit sick people
D. Rule and protect the people

Question 93:

• WAEC 1998

OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To Blame
Read the extract below and answer questions:
Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my duty
Do not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestion
Now you have all come here sprawing, vomiting, rubbling tears on one another, begging me to do my duty, and help you. But what about you yourselves?
What have you done to help yourselves?
Answer. Or is the land at peace? Are not people ailing and dying ?
Speaker A: We are suffering my Lord, we are........
Where are speakers A and B when the above statements are made? They are at

A. Speaker A's clinic
B. The house of Speaker
C. The farm
D. The palace

Question 94:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question
A : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without grounds
B : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me this
Bedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?
That blind bat who calls himself
Seer says I am a bedsharer'.......
What do you think of that? You don't answer?
'My Lord' refers to

A. Third chief
B. Aderopo
C. Odewale
D. First Chief

Question 95:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question
A : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without grounds
B : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me this
Bedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?
That blind bat who calls himself
Seer says I am a bedsharer'.......
What do you think of that? You don't answer?
'The charges' are made on the basis of

A. Treason
B. Murder
C. Jealousy
D. Suspicion