Waec Literature in English 2002 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• WAEC 2002

Read the extract below and answer the question
Lock up my doors, and when you hear the drumAnd the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife.
Clamber not you up to the casements then
Nor thrust you up to the casements then
TO GAZE ON CHRISTIAN FOOLS WITH VARNISHED FACES.
(Act 11 sc V)
The dominant literary device used in the extract is

A. Allusion
B. Irony
C. Symbolism
D. Metonymy

Question 47:

• WAEC 2002

Read the extract below and answer the question
Lock up my doors, and when you hear the drumAnd the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife.
Clamber not you up to the casements then
Nor thrust you up to the casements then
TO GAZE ON CHRISTIAN FOOLS WITH VARNISHED FACES.
(Act 11 sc V)
The person addressed is

A. Bassanio
B. Antonio
C. Launcelot
D. Jessica

Question 48:

• WAEC 2002

Read the extract below and answer the question
Lock up my doors, and when you hear the drumAnd the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife.
Clamber not you up to the casements then
Nor thrust you up to the casements then
TO GAZE ON CHRISTIAN FOOLS WITH VARNISHED FACES.
(Act 11 sc V)
After this scene the person addressed

A. Portrays love for his suitor
B. Informs of the loss at sea
C. Elopes with her lover
D. Delivers letter to a suitor