Waec Literature in English 2002 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 2002

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easyfor you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The speaker is

A. Portia
B. Solanio
C. Gratiano
D. Bassanio

Question 32:

• WAEC 2002

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easyfor you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The person addressed is

A. Antonio
B. Nerissa
C. Lorenzo
D. Salarino

Question 33:

• WAEC 2002

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easyfor you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The speaker is addressing the addressee's

A. Elopement
B. Synecdoche
C. Engagement
D. Melancholy

Question 34:

• WAEC 2002

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easyfor you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The underlined expression illustrates

A. Assonance
B. Synecdoche
C. Alliteration
D. Irony

Question 35:

• WAEC 2002

Read the extract below and answer the question
I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
The speaker is

A. Jessica
B. Servingman
C. Nerissa
D. Portia