Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 261:

• WAEC 2001

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
The speaker is

A. Orsino
B. Sir Andrew
C. Viola
D. Valentine

Question 262:

• WAEC 2001

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
''That lady'' refers to

A. Olivia
B. Maria
C. Viola
D. The Duchess

Question 263:

• WAEC 2001

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
The speaker is addressing

A. A sea captain, friend to Sebastian
B. A sea captain, friend to Viola
C. Sir Toby, uncle to Olivia
D. Malvolio, steward to Olivia

Question 264:

• WAEC 2001

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
The word ''delivered'' in line 2 means

A. Condemned
B. Sent away
C. Made known
D. Forgotten

Question 265:

• WAEC 2001

Read the extract below and answer the question
A : I could marry this wenchfor this device
B : So could I too.
A : And ask no other dowry with her but such another jest.
B : Nor I neither.
C : Here comes my noble gull-catcher.
A : Wilt thou set thy foot o my neck?
B : Or o' mine either?
A : Shall I play my freedom at tray: and become thy bondslave?
B : I faith, or I either?
(Act 2 Sc V)
Speaker A is

A. Anotonio
B. The Duke
C. Sir Toby
D. Fabian