Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 911:

• WAEC 2012

Read the passage and answer the question
The bright sun continued to smile. Andrew's face beamed with pleasure with every passing moment.
Very few of his contemporaries have so succeeded in reaching the top of the ladder. Andrew in particular
had been an orphan of storm. His father's death during his third year in the secondary school coupled with the physical misfortune which he suffered when a stockfish machine severed his left middle finger, constituted a serious setback but Andrew did not despair.
The courage to fail is very cheap; every fool can afford of fail. But it raises one above the herd of cowards and never-do-wells to be up and struggling. The reward of forbearance in the end is resounding success.
And so it was for was for Andrew ever since he finished his university education; it had been success galore. He had got a good job in one of the country's insurance companies. His pay was good, his prospects seemed bright. The habitual Thomases in his family found it very hard to believe. At forty he had a good car and had already built a house of his own.The world was at his feet.
''The world was at his feet'' implies that Andrew

A. Was loving
B. Was standing on the world
C. Was arrogant
D. Achieved result easily

Question 912:

• WAEC 2012

Read the passage and answer the question
The bright sun continued to smile. Andrew's face beamed with pleasure with every passing moment.
Very few of his contemporaries have so succeeded in reaching the top of the ladder. Andrew in particular
had been an orphan of storm. His father's death during his third year in the secondary school coupled with the physical misfortune which he suffered when a stockfish machine severed his left middle finger, constituted a serious setback but Andrew did not despair.
The courage to fail is very cheap; every fool can afford of fail. But it raises one above the herd of cowards and never-do-wells to be up and struggling. The reward of forbearance in the end is resounding success.
And so it was for was for Andrew ever since he finished his university education; it had been success galore. He had got a good job in one of the country's insurance companies. His pay was good, his prospects seemed bright. The habitual Thomases in his family found it very hard to believe. At forty he had a good car and had already built a house of his own.The world was at his feet.
''habitual Thomases'' is an example of an

A. Allegory
B. Aphorism
C. Allusion
D. Apostrophe

Question 913:

• WAEC 2012

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
Speaker P is

A. Alonso
B. Antonio
C. Ferdinand
D. Proospero

Question 914:

• WAEC 2012

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
Speaker Q is

A. Miranda
B. Prospero
C. Sebastian
D. Caliban

Question 915:

• WAEC 2012

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
The dialogue recalls

A. Their exile to the island
B. The killing of the king
C. Their love affairs
D. The grandmother's death