Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 711:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Speaker X is

A. Horatio
B. Marcellus
C. Hamlet
D. Laertes

Question 712:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
The setting is

A. Another part of the platform
B. A platform in front of the castle
C. The queen's palace
D. A room in the castle

Question 713:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
The atmosphere is

A. Frightening
B. Peaceful
C. Relaxed
D. Bleak

Question 714:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)Tis gone and will not answer refers to the

A. Gravedigger
B. Ghost
C. Servant
D. Soldier

Question 715:

• WAEC 2009

Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Speaker Y is

A. Bernado
B. Francisco
C. Polonius
D. Rosencrantz