Waec Literature in English 2014 Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• 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)
Prosero decides to

A. Sit back and watch
B. Kick Caliban in the mouth
C. Go to Ferdinard
D. Discharge Ariel

Question 42:

• 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)
The speaker is

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

Question 43:

• 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)
''this man'' is

A. Alonso
B. Trinculo
C. Stephano
D. Prospero

Question 44:

• 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)
''this maid'' is

A. Caribel
B. Miranda
C. Sycorax
D. Dido

Question 45:

• 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)
Those present in this scene are

A. Stephano and Trinculo
B. Prospero and Miranda
C. Prospero and Gonzalo
D. Miranda and Alonso