Waec Literature in English 1998 Past Questions and Answers

Question 96:

• 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?
'Bedsharer' implies

A. Adultery
B. Matrimony
C. Divorce
D. Separation

Question 97:

• 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 'blind bat' is

A. First chief
B. Odewale
C. Third chief
D. Baba Fakunle

Question 98:

• 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?
Speaker A is

A. First chief
B. Odewale
C. Third chief
D. Ojuola

Question 99:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question:
Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa
No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them. To remain silent is to make light of the the troubles in the land.
Speaker B: I am not making light of them, mother. It is that the word is heard that must be said.
Speaker A is

A. Odewale
B. Iya aburo
C. Ojuola
D. Third chief

Question 100:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question:
Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa
No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must bear them. To remain silent is to make light of the the troubles in the land.
Speaker B: I am not making light of them, mother. It is that the word is heard that must be said.
The trouble in the land is

A. An epidemic
B. Famine
C. War
D. Land dispute