Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 851:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at'em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)
In the extract a _ is laid before them

A. Problem
B. Banquet
C. Bed
D. Gift

Question 852:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Faith, sir you need not fear. When we were boys,
Who would believe that there were mountaineers
Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at'em
Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men
Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find
Each putter-out of five for one will bring us
Good warrant of.
(Act 111, scene Three, lines 44-49)
What happens to the spirits?

A. They are killed
B. They stay on
C. They serve prospero
D. They disappear

Question 853:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy's scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)
The speaker is

A. Ferdinand
B. Miranda
C. Ceres
D. Iris

Question 854:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy's scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)
The character addressed is

A. Caliban
B. Iris
C. Ceres
D. Venus

Question 855:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Tell me, heavenly bow,
If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,
Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot
The means that dusky Dis my daughter got,
Her and her blind boy's scandalled company
I have forsworn.
(Act IV, scene one lines 86-91)
The purpose of the gathering is to

A. Settle a dispute between prospero and his brother
B. Punish Miranda for running away with Stephano
C. Set Ariel free from his burden
D. Celebrate the betrothal of Ferdinand and Miranda