Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1201:

• WAEC 2016

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
The underlined expression shows that the speaker is

A. Jovial
B. Insincere
C. Polite
D. Unfriendly

Question 1202:

• WAEC 2016

Answer all the question in this section
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
The setting is

A. A street in Venice
B. A street in Cyprus
C. Outside the citadel
D. A court before the citadel

Question 1203:

• WAEC 2016

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Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
The speaker is addressing

A. Cassio
B. Duke
C. Herself
D. Himself

Question 1204:

• WAEC 2016

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Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
The speaker is

A. Othello
B. Lago
C. Lodovico
D. Bianca

Question 1205:

• WAEC 2016

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Work on,
My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
Just before this speech,

A. Othello falls into a trance
B. Bianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio
C. Montano fights with Cassio
D. Roderigo is killed