Waec Literature in English 2007 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
X : What is the matter?
Y : Save yourself, my lord:
The ocean, overpeering of his list,
Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste
Than young Laertes....
(Act 4, Scene five, lines 97-101)
The King had just requested that all the

A. Doors be broken
B. Doors be guarded
C. Windows be locked
D. Windows be opened

Question 47:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question 45-50
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)
The speaker is

A. Hamlet
B. Marcellus
C. Horatio
D. Laertes

Question 48:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question 45-50
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)
The character who just spoke before the speaker is

A. Horatio
B. Laertes
C. Hamlet
D. Marcellus

Question 49:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question 45-50
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)
The setting of the extract is

A. A room in the castle
B. The platform
C. The queen's closet
D. A graveyard

Question 50:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question 45-50
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)
The passage creates an atmosphere of

A. Surprise and determination
B. Insecurity and resignation
C. Security and assurance
D. Courage and assurance