Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1266:

• WAEC 2017

I know not, Amina
When again on your brightness of smile
My eyes will rest awhile
Nor when again of your softness of voice
My ears will rest awhile
When again into the silver moonshine
You early at night or late venture
As is your wont in weather fine
Astute, awake in bed as doters may, i'll lie
Dreaming of grasping your velvety texture

The poet's tone is one of__________

A. Anxiety
B. Defiance
C. Nostalgia
D. Regret

Question 1267:

• WAEC 2017

I know not, Amina
When again on your brightness of smile
My eyes will rest awhile
Nor when again of your softness of voiceMy ears will drink by eager of choice
When again into the silver moonshine
You early at night or late venture
As is your wont in weather fine
Astute, awake in bed as doters may, i'll lie
Dreaming of grasping your velvety texture

My ears will drink by eager of choice illustrates________

A. Oxymoron
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Synecdoche
D. Meiosis

Question 1268:

• WAEC 2017

Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,
Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best
Men do their broken weapons rather use
Than their bare hands
(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174)

The speaker is_____________

A. Duke
B. Othello
C. Brabantio
D. Cassio

Question 1269:

• WAEC 2017

Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,
Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best
Men do their broken weapons rather use
Than their bare hands
(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174)

The tale being referred to is___________

A. Duke's war exploits
B. Brabantio's rejection of the Othello and Desdemona relationship
C. Othello's war exploits
D. Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter

Question 1270:

• WAEC 2017

Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too,
Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best
Men do their broken weapons rather use
Than their bare hands
(Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174)

........this tale justifies_________

A. Roderigo's unrequited love for Desdemona
B. Cassio's promotion above Iago
C. Desdemona's attraction to Othello
D. Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter