Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 841:

• WAEC 2011

Read the poem and answer the question
Here stood our ancestral homeThe crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.
''To appease the gods''...''implies

A. Seeking the favour of the gods
B. Offering meals to the gods
C. Accusing the gods for their misfortune
D. Reciting incantations to the gods

Question 842:

• WAEC 2011

Read the poem and answer the question
Here stood our ancestral homeThe crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.
The underlined means that

A. They were living in a house with a high wall
B. Their building is no longer where it used to be
C. The children had caused the wall to crumble
D. Their father made them pull down the wall

Question 843:

• WAEC 2011

Read the poem and answer the question
Here stood our ancestral homeThe crumbling wall marks the spot
Here a sheep was led to the slaughter
To appease the goods and atone
For fauilts which our destiny
Has blossomed into crimes
There my cursed father once stood
And shouted to us, his children
To come back from our play
To our evening meal and sleep.
The image used in line six is taken from

A. War
B. The moon
C. Flowers
D. Prison

Question 844:

• WAEC 2011

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)
The speaker is

A. Ferdinand
B. Gonzalo
C. Alonso
D. Caliban

Question 845:

• WAEC 2011

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices,
That, if I then had waked after long sleep,
Will make me sleep again.And then, in dreaming,
The clouds methought would open, and show riches
Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked,
I cried to dream again.
(Act 111, scene two, lines 132-140)
The character addressed is

A. Horatio
B. Caliban
C. Stephano
D. Ferdinand