Waec Literature in English 2013 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The speaker is

A. Prospero
B. Miranda
C. Ariel
D. Gonzalo

Question 37:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The ''three men of sin'' are

A. Alonso,Gonzalo and Antonio
B. Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian
C. Antonio,Sebastian and Gonzalo
D. Sebastian,Gonzalo and Antonio

Question 38:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
In the first line, 'Destiny' is

A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Allusion
D. Euphemism

Question 39:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The speaker immediately

A. Reports them to Prospero
B. Makes them repent
C. Drives them away
D. Makes them go mad temporarily

Question 40:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
A character in the scene whom Prospero admires is

A. Ferdinand
B. Gonzalo
C. Adrian
D. Francisco