Literature In English 2007 Waec Past Questions and Answers

Question 36 :

• WAEC 2007

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : What, has this thing appeared again tonight?
B : I have seen nothing
(Act I, Scene one, lines 21-22)
The speakers were

A. In a room in the castle
B. In the courtyard
C. On a platform in front of the castle
D. On the battlefield

Question 37 :

• WAEC 2007

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : What, has this thing appeared again tonight?
B : I have seen nothing
(Act I, Scene one, lines 21-22)
Speakers A and B are

A. Officers
B. Soldiers
C. Servants
D. Courtiers

Question 38 :

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
As thou art to thyself:
Such was the very armour he had on
When he the amitious Norway combated;
So frown'd he once, when , in an angry parle,
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice....
(Act 1, Scene one, lines 59-63)
The speaker is

A. Horatio
B. Marcellus
C. Bernado
D. Franciso

Question 39 :

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
As thou art to thyself:
Such was the very armour he had on
When he the amitious Norway combated;
So frown'd he once, when , in an angry parle,
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice....
(Act 1, Scene one, lines 59-63)
The speaker is addressing

A. Marcellus
B. Francisco
C. The ghost
D. Horatio

Question 40 :

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
As thou art to thyself:
Such was the very armour he had on
When he the amitious Norway combated;
So frown'd he once, when , in an angry parle,
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice....
(Act 1, Scene one, lines 59-63)
The passage conveys an atmosphere of

A. Peace
B. Celebration
C. War
D. Anxiety