Waec Literature in English 1998 Past Questions and Answers

Question 106:

• 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 A and B are in

A. A chamber
B. The town
C. London
D. A stage coach

Question 107:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
The name of the youngman coming form town is

A. Sir Charles Marlow
B. Tony Lumpkin
C. Diggory
D. Young Marlow

Question 108:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
Speaker A is the father of

A. Kate Hardcastle
B. Tony Lumpkin
C. Hastings
D. Diggory

Question 109:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
The news of the suitor's visit makes Speaker B

A. Happy
B. Sad
C. Anxious
D. Pessimistic

Question 110:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
The underlined expression reveals that speaker B

A. Likes contracted marriages
B. Disapproves of contracted marriages
C. Is indifferent to the marriage contract
D. Suspects the meeting may not hold