Waec Literature in English 2019 Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• WAEC 2019

The mood of the poet is ________

A. Derisive
B. Ecstatic
C. Regretful
D. Melancholic

Question 2:

• WAEC 2019

The opening lines of the stanzas are ________

A. Trochaic
B. Iambic
C. Anapaestic
D. Dactylic

Question 3:

• WAEC 2019

The first stanza rhymes ______

A. Ab ac
B. Ab ab
C. Abcb
D. Abba

Question 4:

• WAEC 2019

Read the extract and answer questions 31 to 35
When remedies are past, griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended.
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone
Is the next way to draw new mischief on.
What cannot be preserved when fortune takes,
Patience her injury a mock'ry makes.
The robbed that smiles. steals something from the thief',
He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.
(Act I, Scene Three, lines 200 - 207) 31.
The speaker is ___________

A. Gratiano
B. Duke
C. Lodovico
D. Montano

Question 5:

• WAEC 2019

The speech is directly addressed to __________

A. Cassio
B. Brabantio
C. Othello
D. 2nd Senator