Waec Literature in English 2000 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 2000

Read the passage below and answer the question:
The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword
The device used in the last sentence is

A. Climax
B. Sarcasm
C. Euphemism
D. Hyperbole

Question 32:

• WAEC 2000

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)
The speaker is

A. Cesario
B. Fabian
C. Valentine
D. Feste

Question 33:

• WAEC 2000

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)
''Element'' in the third line refers to the

A. Sky
B. Weather
C. Sun
D. Cloud

Question 34:

• WAEC 2000

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)
The report is made to

A. Olivia
B. Malvolio
C. Viola
D. Orsino

Question 35:

• WAEC 2000

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)
The one referred to by the speaker is

A. Maria
B. Olivia
C. Sir Tony
D. Viola