Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1066:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
''this man'' is

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

Question 1067:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
''this maid'' is

A. Caribel
B. Miranda
C. Sycorax
D. Dido

Question 1068:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
Those present in this scene are

A. Stephano and Trinculo
B. Prospero and Miranda
C. Prospero and Gonzalo
D. Miranda and Alonso

Question 1069:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
''So they are'' refers to the

A. Speaker's friends
B. Speaker's nerves
C. Monster's threats
D. Listener's spirits

Question 1070:

• WAEC 2014

Read the extract and answer the question
If I speak true! if hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else i' the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act 111, scene one line 70-73)
The speaker is

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