Waec Literature in English 2020 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• WAEC 2020

Read the poem and answer Questions 26 to 30.
Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me
Fond memory brings the light
of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
of boyhood years.
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone
How dimm'd and.gone
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me.
The theme of the poem is presented essentially through ________

A. Assonance
B. Contrast.
C. Paradox
D. Repetition

Question 27:

• WAEC 2020

Read the poem and answer Questions 26 to 30.
Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me
Fond memory brings the light
of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
of boyhood years.
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone
How dimm'd and.gone
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me.

The two words that give hint of the poet's unhappiness are?

A. Light and night
B. Light and shone
C. Night and dimm'd
D. Shone and dimm'd

Question 28:

• WAEC 2020

Read the poem and answer Questions 26 to 30.
Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me
Fond memory brings the light
of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
of boyhood years.
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone
How dimm'd and.gone
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me.

The poet refers to memory as being 'fond' and 'sad' because it brings?

A. Cheers and smiles
B. Love and joy
C. Sorrow and pity
D. Smiles and tears

Question 29:

• WAEC 2020

Read the poem and answer Questions 26 to 30.
Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me
Fond memory brings the light
of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears
of boyhood years.
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone
How dimm'd and.gone
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me.

The meaning of the expression, Ere slumber's chain has bound me is

A. After i wake up
B. Before i sleep
C. Before i dream
D. Since i cannot sleep

Question 30:

• WAEC 2020

Read the extract and answer Questions 31 to 35.
Zounds, sir, y' are robbed! For shame, put on your gown!
Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul.
Even now, very now, an old black ram
Is tupping your white eww. Arise. arise!
Awake the snorting citizens with the bell,
Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you
Arise i say!
(Act 1, scene one,lines 83 - 89)
The speaker is _________

A. Cassio
B. Iago
C. Lodovico
D. Roderigo