Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 921:

• WAEC 2012

Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The speaker is expressing

A. Love
B. Hatred
C. Sorrow
D. Regret

Question 922:

• WAEC 2012

Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The character who secretly watches and listens is

A. Trinculo
B. Stephano
C. Caliban
D. Prospero

Question 923:

• WAEC 2012

Read the extract ans answer your question
M : No, as I am a man.
N : There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 - 462)
The speakers are

A. Arguing
B. In prison
C. Dancing
D. In love

Question 924:

• WAEC 2012

Read the extract ans answer your question
M : No, as I am a man.
N : There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 - 462)
Speaker N

A. Is attracted to the temple
B. Admires speaker M
C. Dislikes the spirit in the house
D. Dwells in the temple

Question 925:

• WAEC 2012

Read the extract ans answer your question
M : No, as I am a man.
N : There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 - 462)
Speaker N

A. Is attracted to the temple
B. Admires speaker M
C. Dislikes the spirit in the house
D. Dwells in the temple