Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 76:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)
Speaker B is worried about lllyria because the lady

A. Is new to lllyria
B. Is not familiar with the language
C. Does not understand the government
D. Is afraid of the people

Question 77:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)
Why is speaker A afraid the brother might be drowned? It is because

A. The crew was unfaithful
B. The ship captain threw him overboard
C. They fought with pirates
D. They were shipwrecked

Question 78:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
A : What country, friends, is this?
B : This is lllyria, Lady,
A : And what should I do in lllyria?
My brother he is in Elysium.
Perchance he is not drowned - What think you, sailors?
B : It is perchance that you yourself where saved
A : O my poor brother. and so perchance may he be
(Act 1 Scene II)
The figure of speech underlined in the extract is known as

A. Apostrophe
B. Alliteration
C. Assonance
D. Personification

Question 79:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question:
A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
Speaker A is

A. Sebastian
B. Fabian
C. Duke
D. Sir Andrew

Question 80:

• WAEC 1998

Read the extract below and answer the question:
A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
Speaker A's object of love is

A. Maria
B. Olivia
C. Viola
D. Feste