Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1566:

• 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 involved in putting on ____________

A. A scene
B. Skit
C. An act
D. A play

Question 1567:

• 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 occasion is ____________

A. The celebration of the royal marriage
B. The king's decision to banish Hermia
C. Oberon's threat to punish Titania
D. Titania falling in love with Bottom

Question 1568:

• 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 ____________

A. Romantic
B. Satiric
C. Comic
D. Tragic

Question 1569:

• WAEC 2021

A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is ____________

A. Motif
B. Allusion
C. Legend
D. Anecdote

Question 1570:

• WAEC 2021

BUCHI EMECHETA: Second Class Citizen
How are women treated in the novel?