Waec Literature in English 2011 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 2011

Read the poem and answer the question
Here stood our ancestral homeThe crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.
The image used in line six is taken from

A. War
B. The moon
C. Flowers
D. Prison

Question 32:

• WAEC 2011

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)
The speaker is

A. Ferdinand
B. Gonzalo
C. Alonso
D. Caliban

Question 33:

• WAEC 2011

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)
The character addressed is

A. Horatio
B. Caliban
C. Stephano
D. Ferdinand

Question 34:

• WAEC 2011

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)
The speaker is a

A. Carnivore
B. Savage
C. Sailor
D. Devourer

Question 35:

• WAEC 2011

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)
What are 'noises' in the extract?

A. Shouting
B. Clapping
C. Thunder
D. Music