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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 81:
Read the extract below and answer the question:
A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
The hero of the play is
  • A Antonio
  • B Sebastian
  • C Fabian
  • D Duke
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Question 82:
Read the extract below and answer the question:
A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
The mood of Speaker A in the above scene is one of
  • A Sadness
  • B Hope
  • C Joy
  • D Anxiety
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Question 83:
Read the extract below and answer the question:
A : Let all the rest give place
(Exeunt Curio and attendants),
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes, not quantity of dirty land,
The parts that forune hath bestowed upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune,
But 'tis that miracles and queen of gems
that nature pranks her in, attracts my soul.
(Act ll Scene IV)
The play 'Twelfth Night' is a
  • A Tragi-comedy
  • B Farce
  • C Tragedy
  • D Comedy
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Question 84:
Read the extract below and answer questions:
A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)
Speaker A is
  • A Sir Andrew
  • B Sir Toby
  • C Antonio
  • D Feste
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Question 85:
Read the extract below and answer questions:
A : Would you'd pardon me
I do not without danger walk these streets;
Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,
I did some service-of such note, indeed.
That were I ta'en here
It would scarce be answered
B : Be like you slew great number of his people
A : The offence is not of such a bloody nature,
Albeit the quality of the time and quarrel
Might well have given us bloody argument
(Act III Scene III)
Speaker B is
  • A Olivia
  • B Viola
  • C Antonio
  • D Sebastian
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