Waec Literature in English 2020 Past Questions and Answers

Question 31:

• 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 listener's initial reaction to the speech is one of _________

A. Anger
B. Defiance
C. Disbelief
D. Regret

Question 32:

• 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 underlined expression implies an attitude of __________

A. Callousness
B. Hypocrisy
C. Racism
D. Tribalism

Question 33:

• 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)
... y' are robbed! refers to

A. Brabantio's r-ejection of Othello
B. Desdemona's stout defense of Othello
C. Iago's stealing of Rodrigo's purse
D. Othello's elopement with Desdemona

Question 34:

• 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[u]. [/u]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. At the citadel of Cyprus
B. In front of Brabantio's house
C. In the council chamber
D. Outside the sagittary

Question 35:

• WAEC 2020

Read the extract and answer Questions 36 to 40.
I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a
commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet
an officer. Drunk! And speak parrot! And squabble!
swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with one's own
shadow! a thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no
name to be known by, let us call thee devil!
(Act II, Scene Three, lines 262-267)
The speaker is

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