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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 776:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
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Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)
The speaker is
  • A Laertes
  • B Polonius
  • C Hamlet
  • D Claudius
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Question 777:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)
The speaker is addressing
  • A Hamlet
  • B Claudius
  • C Horatio
  • D Marcellus
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Question 778:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)
''Duty'' in the extract refers to
  • A Job
  • B Fath
  • C Loyalty
  • D Task
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Question 779:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)
The speaker intends to return to
  • A The seaside
  • B The warfront
  • C Denmark
  • D France
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Question 780:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Your leave and favour to return to France;
From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,
To show my duty in your coronation.
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France
And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon.
(Act 1, Scene two, Lines 51 -57)
The other character present at the scene is
  • A Rosencrantz
  • B Ophella
  • C Guildenstern
  • D Polonius
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