Literature In English 2016 Waec Past Questions and Answers

Question 41 :

• 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 setting is

A. A street in Venice
B. A street in Cyprus
C. Outside the citadel
D. A court before the citadel

Question 42 :

• WAEC 2016

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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 speaker is addressing

A. Cassio
B. Duke
C. Herself
D. Himself

Question 43 :

• 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 speaker is

A. Othello
B. Lago
C. Lodovico
D. Bianca

Question 44 :

• 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)
Just before this speech,

A. Othello falls into a trance
B. Bianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio
C. Montano fights with Cassio
D. Roderigo is killed

Question 45 :

• 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)
''medicine'' in the extract refers to the speaker's

A. Hatred
B. Passion
C. Lies
D. Loyalty