Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 651:

• 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 setting is

A. A room in Polonius house
B. A room in the castle
C. The queen's room
D. The king's room.

Question 652:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The speaker is

A. Hamlet
B. Claudius
C. The King
D. The Queen

Question 653:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The character being addressed is

A. Gertrude
B. Ophelia
C. Horatio
D. Claudius

Question 654:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The ''uncle'' being referred to is

A. Laertes
B. Claudius
C. Guildenstern
D. Horatio

Question 655:

• WAEC 2008

Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The ''occulted guilt'' here means

A. Wizardry
B. Love
C. Witchcraft
D. Conscience