Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1561:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45
X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...
(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)


Speaker Y is ____________

A. Quince
B. Lysander
C. Demetrius
D. Bottom

Question 1562:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45
X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...
(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)


Speaker Y is a member of ____________

A. Theseus' retinue
B. Titania's retinue
C. The group of actors
D. The group of lovers

Question 1563:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45
X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...
(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)


Speaker X's speech can be described as a ____________

A. Satire
B. Conceit
C. Paradox
D. Parody

Question 1564:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.
If we offend, it is with our good will.
That you should think, we come not to offend,
But with good will. To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
Consider then, we come but in despite.
We do not come, as minding to content you,
Our true intent is.
(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)


The speaker is ____________

A. Flute
B. Quince
C. Bottom
D. Philostrate

Question 1565:

• WAEC 2021

Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.
If we offend, it is with our good will.
That you should think, we come not to offend,
But with good will. To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
Consider then, we come but in despite.
We do not come, as minding to content you,
Our true intent is.
(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)


The speech is part of the ____________

A. Prologue
B. Epilogue
C. Exposition
D. Lyric