Waec Literature in English 2004 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)
By the expression ''I am forsworn'', the reader becomes aware of the speaker's

A. Inheritance
B. Fiancee
C. Predicament
D. Tradition

Question 47:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)
''....you may miss me'' implies

A. Separation
B. Fear
C. Death
D. Failure

Question 48:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
This house, these servants, and this same myself
Are yours, my Lord! I give them with this ring,
Which when you part from, lose, or give away,
Let it presage the ruin of your love,
And be my vantage to exclaim on you .
(Act Three Scene 11)
The ring symbolizes

A. Love
B. Marriage
C. Engagement
D. Surrender

Question 49:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
This house, these servants, and this same myself
Are yours, my Lord! I give them with this ring,
Which when you part from, lose, or give away,
Let it presage the ruin of your love,
And be my vantage to exclaim on you .
(Act Three Scene 11)
The speaker is

A. Nerissa
B. Portia
C. Antonio
D. Bassanio

Question 50:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
This house, these servants, and this same myself
Are yours, my Lord! I give them with this ring,
Which when you part from, lose, or give away,
Let it presage the ruin of your love,
And be my vantage to exclaim on you .
(Act Three Scene 11)
''....my Lord'' in line 2 refers to

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