Literature In English 2014 Waec Past Questions and Answers

Question 36 :

• WAEC 2014

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I'II be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull foot!
Prospero : Go to; away!
Alonso : Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it.
Sebastian : Or stole, rather.
(Act V, scene one lines 293 - 299)
Sebastian says ''Or stole it, rather'' because the luggage

A. Does not belong to Caliban
B. Belongs to Caliban
C. Is not from the ship
D. Is from the ship

Question 37 :

• WAEC 2014

Read the extrat and answer the question
Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing batedIn what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,....
(Act 111, scene three lines 85-91)
Prospero is speaking to

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

Question 38 :

• WAEC 2014

Read the extrat and answer the question
Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing batedIn what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,....
(Act 111, scene three lines 85-91)
The first line means that the addressee

A. Obeyed Prospero's instructions exactly
B. Did not carry out Prospero's intructions
C. Modified the instruction of Prospero
D. Failed to understand the instructions of Prospero

Question 39 :

• WAEC 2014

Read the extrat and answer the question
Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing batedIn what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,....
(Act 111, scene three lines 85-91)
Prospero's enemies include the voyagers but not

A. Alonso
B. Antonio
C. Ferdinand
D. Stephano

Question 40 :

• WAEC 2014

Read the extrat and answer the question
Prospero: Of my instruction hast thou nothing batedIn what thou hadst to say. So, with good life
And observation strange, my meaner ministers
Their several kinds have done. My high charms work,
And these, mine enemies are all knit up
In their distractions. They now are in my power;
And in these fits I leave them,....
(Act 111, scene three lines 85-91)
What has just taken place is that

A. The enemies have been tantalized with a banquet
B. Caliban brought home some wood
C. Ferdinand is splitting wood
D. Miranda has offered to help Ferinard