Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1341:

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Othello: Not I. I must be found
My parts, my title, and my perfect soul
Shall manifest me rightly, is it they?
Iago: By Janus, I think so
Othello: The servants of the Duke? And my Lieutenant?
The goodness of the night upon you, friends
What is the news?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 29 - 34)

Duke is in council that night because of_____________

A. Brabantio's complaint
B. Iago's demotion
C. The Turkish threat
D. Cassio's Dismissal as Lieutenant

Question 1342:

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Othello: Not I. I must be found
My parts, my title, and my perfect soul
Shall manifest me rightly, is it they?
Iago: By Janus, I think so
Othello: The servants of the Duke? And my Lieutenant?
The goodness of the night upon you, friends
What is the news?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 29 - 34)

Later on, Brabantio accuses Othello of___________

A. Being unfair to Iago
B. Instigating a brawl
C. Stealing his daughter
D. Being a Knave

Question 1343:

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Speaker: Let me speak like yourself and
Lay a sentence
Which, as a grise or step, may help these lovers, When
remediea are past, the griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended
(Act !, Scene Three, lines 198-201)

The speaker is_________

A. Brabantio
B. Duke
C. Montano
D. Lodovico

Question 1344:

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Speaker: Let me speak like yourself and
Lay a sentence
Which, as a grise or step, may help these lovers, When
remediea are past, the griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended
(Act !, Scene Three, lines 198-201)

He is responding to_________

A. Montano
B. Iago
C. Roderigo
D. Brabantio

Question 1345:

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Speaker: Let me speak like yourself and
Lay a sentence
Which, as a grise or step, may help these lovers, When
remediea are past, the griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended
(Act !, Scene Three, lines 198-201)

The setting is_____________-

A. A council chamber
B. Venice, a street
C. Another street outside the Sagittary
D. The citadel of cyprus