Waec Literature in English 2003 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• WAEC 2003

Read the extract below and answer the Question
.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)
The speaker is

A. Arragon
B. Lorenzo
C. Bassanio
D. Morocco

Question 42:

• WAEC 2003

Read the extract below and answer the Question
.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)
The first two lines convey an impression of

A. Radiance
B. Deception
C. Beauty
D. Destruction

Question 43:

• WAEC 2003

Read the extract below and answer the Question
.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)
The underlined expression is an example of

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Personification
C. Hyperbole
D. Metonymy

Question 44:

• WAEC 2003

Read the extract below and answer the Question
.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)
'' Midas'' in the extract illustrates a/an

A. Anecdote
B. Pun
C. Allusion
D. Allegory