Waec Literature in English 2016 Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• WAEC 2016

Read the extract and answer the question
Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
The character that enters immediately after is

A. Lago
B. Emilia
C. Othello
D. Cassio

Question 47:

• WAEC 2016

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I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 - 95)
The speaker is

A. Bianca
B. Emilia
C. Clown
D. Desdemona

Question 48:

• WAEC 2016

Read the extract and answer the question
I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 - 95)
The characters that just left the scene are

A. Othello and lago
B. Montano and Cassio
C. Othello and Desdemona
D. Grantiano and Desdemona

Question 49:

• WAEC 2016

Read the extract and answer the question
I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 - 95)
'She' in the extract refers to

A. Bianca
B. Desdemona
C. Emilia
D. Musician

Question 50:

• WAEC 2016

Read the extract and answer the question
I am glad I have found this napkin;
This was her first remembrance from the Moor.My wayward husband hath a hundred times
Wooed me to steal it; but she so loves the token
(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)
That she reserves it evermore about her
To kiss and talk to.
(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 289 - 95)
'My wayward husband' refers to

A. Othello
B. Lago
C. Cassio
D. Roderigo