Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 166:

• WAEC 1999

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on 't;
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)
The person being referred to in the figure of speech is

A. Olivia
B. Malvolio
C. Viola
D. Sebastian

Question 167:

• WAEC 1999

Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
What has the speaker just done?

A. Sent a ring to Orsino
B. Written a letter to Malvolio
C. Met her brother who is presumed dead
D. Sent a ring to Cesario

Question 168:

• WAEC 1999

Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
In lines 1 and 2, the speaker admits

A. Having very attractive eyes
B. Acting unreasonably
C. Falling in love
D. Not taking advantage of an opportunity

Question 169:

• WAEC 1999

Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
How does fate treat the speaker at the end of the play?

A. She marries Sebastian
B. He marries Maria
C. She marries Orsino
D. He falls in love with Olivia

Question 170:

• WAEC 1999

Read the extract below and answer the question:
......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a heart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E'er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)
Who is speaking?

A. Orsino
B. Sebastian
C. Cesario
D. Malvolio