Waec Literature in English 2004 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
A : Let me choose,
For as I am, live upon the rack.
B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess
What treason there is mingled with your love.
(Act Three Scene 11)
Speaker A had earlier been advised to

A. Pause a day or two
B. Forgo the opportunity
C. Pause a week or month
D. Exploit the opportunity

Question 42:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
....if you pick us, do we not bleed? if
You tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? -And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
''you'' refers to

A. Merchants
B. Venetians
C. Christians
D. Jews

Question 43:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
....if you pick us, do we not bleed? if
You tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? -And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
''you'' and ''we'' are related by their common

A. Religion
B. Humanity
C. Profession
D. Nationality

Question 44:

• WAEC 2004

Read the extract below and answer the question
....if you pick us, do we not bleed? if
You tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? -And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
The speech asserts the speaker's demand for

A. Mercy
B. Reprieve
C. Parole
D. Justice

Question 45:

• 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)
The speaker is addressing

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