Waec Literature in English 1998 Past Questions and Answers

Question 101:

• 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 B is

A. Aderopo
B. Odewale
C. Priest
D. Baba Fakunle

Question 102:

• 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.
Ifa oracle is consulted at

A. Ede
B. Osogbo
C. Ife
D. Kutuje

Question 103:

• 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 cause of the trouble is

A. Rivalry
B. Incest
C. Jealousy
D. War

Question 104:

• WAEC 1998

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops To Conquer
A : Ay, and bring back vanity and affection to last them the whole year.
I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home!. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage coach. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.
B : Ay, your times were fine times indeed, you have telling us of them for many a long year. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company....'
' Them' in line 1 refers to

A. Mr. and Mrs Hardcastle
B. Tony Lumpkin and Diggory
C. The neighbours
D. The two Miss Hoggs and Mrs. Grigsby

Question 105:

• WAEC 1998

OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops To Conquer
A : Ay, and bring back vanity and affection to last them the whole year.
I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home!. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage coach. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.
B : Ay, your times were fine times indeed, you have telling us of them for many a long year. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company....'
Speaker B wishes to take a trip to

A. The countryside
B. France
C. London
D. A village