Waec Literature in English 2009 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
And for your part,..., I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honours,
(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)
The speaker is

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

Question 42:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
And for your part,..., I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honours,
(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)
After this speech, the speaker

A. Exits
B. Dies
C. Wakes up
D. Sleeps off

Question 43:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
And for your part,..., I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honours,
(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)
The character being addressed is

A. Laertes
B. Hamlet
C. Polonius
D. Ophelia

Question 44:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
And for your part,..., I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honours,
(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)
Another character present on the scene is

A. Rosencrantz
B. Guildenstern
C. Polonius
D. Hamlet

Question 45:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
And for your part,..., I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honours,
(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)
The wildness referred to can also be called

A. Love
B. Madness
C. Happiness
D. Death