Waec Literature in English 2010 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• WAEC 2010

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
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Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)
The other character present at the scene is

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

Question 37:

• WAEC 2010

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
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Do not forget: this visitation
Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose
But, look, amazement as thy mother sits:
O, step between her and her fighting soul:
(Act 111, scene four, lines 107 -110)
The speaker is

A. Claudius
B. Ghost
C. Gertrude
D. Horatio

Question 38:

• WAEC 2010

Read the extract and answer the question
Do not forget: this visitation
Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose
But, look, amazement as thy mother sits:
O, step between her and her fighting soul:
(Act 111, scene four, lines 107 -110)
The character being addressed is

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

Question 39:

• WAEC 2010

Read the extract and answer the question
Do not forget: this visitation
Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose
But, look, amazement as thy mother sits:
O, step between her and her fighting soul:
(Act 111, scene four, lines 107 -110)
The speech is made in the

A. Queen' s closet
B. Queen's room
C. Hall
D. Palace

Question 40:

• WAEC 2010

Read the extract and answer the question
Do not forget: this visitation
Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose
But, look, amazement as thy mother sits:
O, step between her and her fighting soul:
(Act 111, scene four, lines 107 -110)
''blunted purpose'' implies

A. Inactivity
B. Blindness
C. Happiness
D. Tiredness