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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 916:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
Speaker P wants his partner to
  • A Pity his condition
  • B Fight his brother
  • C Justify his action
  • D Love him
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Question 917:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
The speakers are
  • A Grandfather and son
  • B Lovers
  • C Father and daughter
  • D Friends
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Question 918:
Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The speaker is
  • A Ferdinand
  • B Stephano
  • C Miranda
  • D Prospero
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Question 919:
Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
After this speech, the character addressed
  • A Sings
  • B Dances
  • C Kneels
  • D Weeps
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Question 920:
Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The character addressed is
  • A Prospoero
  • B Ferdinand
  • C Alonso
  • D Juno
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