Waec Literature in English 2008 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 2008

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The speaker is

A. Fortinbras
B. Guildenstern
C. Laertes
D. Hamlet

Question 32:

• WAEC 2008

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The queen has just

A. Left the scene
B. Died
C. Run away
D. Arrived

Question 33:

• WAEC 2008

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The character being addressed is

A. Hamlet
B. The queen
C. The king
D. Fortinbras

Question 34:

• WAEC 2008

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The addresses later

A. Kills himself
B. Sleeps off
C. Runs away
D. Arrived

Question 35:

• WAEC 2008

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The setting is

A. A hall in the castle
B. The battlefield
C. A platform in front of the castle
D. The queen's room