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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 706:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The speaker is
  • A Polonius
  • B Reynaldo
  • C Rosencrantz
  • D Laertes
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Question 707:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
A character being addressed is
  • A Ophelia
  • B Hamlet
  • C Marcellus
  • D Bernado
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Question 708:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The subject of discussion is
  • A Horatio
  • B Hamlet
  • C Marcellus
  • D Bernado
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Question 709:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The speaker is
  • A Happy
  • B Confused
  • C Excited
  • D Anxious
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Question 710:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)Thews and bulk means
  • A Power
  • B Body and soul
  • C Strength and size
  • D Brain
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