Waec Literature in English 2016 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• WAEC 2016

Read the poem and answer the question
We have come to the crossroads
And I must either leave or come with you
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take.
The poem can be described as

A. An epitaph
B. A lyric
C. A lullaby
D. An elegy

Question 32:

• WAEC 2016

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
The speaker is

A. Othello
B. Duke
C. Brabantio
D. Lago

Question 33:

• WAEC 2016

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
The speaker is addressing

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

Question 34:

• WAEC 2016

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
''Sooty bosom'' is a metaphor for

A. A black coat
B. Othello
C. A breastplate
D. Lago

Question 35:

• WAEC 2016

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
''Run from her guardege'' refers to

A. Emilia
B. Desdemona
C. Bianca
D. Cassio's mistress