Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 646:

• WAEC 2008

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The setting is

A. A hall in the castle
B. The battlefield
C. A platform in front of the castle
D. The queen's room

Question 647:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The speaker is

A. Polonius
B. The King
C. Hamlet
D. The queen

Question 648:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The character being addressed is

A. Laertes
B. Polonius
C. Horatio
D. The King

Question 649:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
''The primrose path of dalliance'' means

A. A religious life
B. A reckless life
C. The way to heaven
D. The way to hell

Question 650:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The other character who comes on the scene after this is

A. The queen
B. Horatio
C. Polonius
D. The king