Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 996:

• 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 character addressed is

A. Miranda
B. Antonio
C. Ferdinard
D. Sebastian

Question 997:

• 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 literary device in lines 52 and 53 is

A. Personification
B. Simile
C. Metaphor
D. Synecdoche

Question 998:

• 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)
Another character present in the scene is

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

Question 999:

• 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 ''oath'' referred to in the scene is

A. Miranda shall not give in to Ferdinand
B. Ferdinand shall not have intimate contact with Miranda
C. Miranda shall vow to be faithful to Ferdinand
D. Ferdinand shall not tell his father about Miranda

Question 1000:

• WAEC 2013

Read the extract and answer the question
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The speaker is

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