Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 991:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The ''three men of sin'' are

A. Alonso,Gonzalo and Antonio
B. Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian
C. Antonio,Sebastian and Gonzalo
D. Sebastian,Gonzalo and Antonio

Question 992:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
In the first line, 'Destiny' is

A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Allusion
D. Euphemism

Question 993:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The speaker immediately

A. Reports them to Prospero
B. Makes them repent
C. Drives them away
D. Makes them go mad temporarily

Question 994:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
A character in the scene whom Prospero admires is

A. Ferdinand
B. Gonzalo
C. Adrian
D. Francisco

Question 995:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The speaker is

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