Waec Literature in English 2014 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
''So they are'' refers to the

A. Speaker's friends
B. Speaker's nerves
C. Monster's threats
D. Listener's spirits

Question 47:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
If I speak true! if hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else i' the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act 111, scene one line 70-73)
The speaker is

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

Question 48:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
If I speak true! if hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else i' the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act 111, scene one line 70-73)
Who is with the speaker?

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

Question 49:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
If I speak true! if hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else i' the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act 111, scene one line 70-73)
The speaker wants to

A. Prove his love
B. Deny his love
C. Prove his innocence
D. Affirm his loyalty

Question 50:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
If I speak true! if hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else i' the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act 111, scene one line 70-73)
The speaker is lured to that place by

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