Waec Literature in English 2009 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The speaker is

A. Polonius
B. Reynaldo
C. Rosencrantz
D. Laertes

Question 32:

• WAEC 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
A character being addressed is

A. Ophelia
B. Hamlet
C. Marcellus
D. Bernado

Question 33:

• WAEC 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The subject of discussion is

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

Question 34:

• WAEC 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The speaker is

A. Happy
B. Confused
C. Excited
D. Anxious

Question 35:

• WAEC 2009

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)Thews and bulk means

A. Power
B. Body and soul
C. Strength and size
D. Brain