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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 651:
Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The setting is
  • A A room in Polonius house
  • B A room in the castle
  • C The queen's room
  • D The king's room.
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Question 652:
Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The speaker is
  • A Hamlet
  • B Claudius
  • C The King
  • D The Queen
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Question 653:
Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The character being addressed is
  • A Gertrude
  • B Ophelia
  • C Horatio
  • D Claudius
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Question 654:
Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The ''uncle'' being referred to is
  • A Laertes
  • B Claudius
  • C Guildenstern
  • D Horatio
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Question 655:
Read the extract and answer the question
I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The ''occulted guilt'' here means
  • A Wizardry
  • B Love
  • C Witchcraft
  • D Conscience
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