Waec Literature in English 2008 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The speaker is

A. Polonius
B. The King
C. Hamlet
D. The queen

Question 37:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The character being addressed is

A. Laertes
B. Polonius
C. Horatio
D. The King

Question 38:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
''The primrose path of dalliance'' means

A. A religious life
B. A reckless life
C. The way to heaven
D. The way to hell

Question 39:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The other character who comes on the scene after this is

A. The queen
B. Horatio
C. Polonius
D. The king

Question 40:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The setting is

A. A room in Polonius house
B. A room in the castle
C. The queen's room
D. The king's room.