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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 996:
Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The character addressed is
  • A Miranda
  • B Antonio
  • C Ferdinard
  • D Sebastian
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Question 997:
Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The literary device in lines 52 and 53 is
  • A Personification
  • B Simile
  • C Metaphor
  • D Synecdoche
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Question 998:
Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
Another character present in the scene is
  • A Caliban
  • B Trinculo
  • C Stephano
  • D Miranda
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Question 999:
Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The ''oath'' referred to in the scene is
  • A Miranda shall not give in to Ferdinand
  • B Ferdinand shall not have intimate contact with Miranda
  • C Miranda shall vow to be faithful to Ferdinand
  • D Ferdinand shall not tell his father about Miranda
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Question 1000:
Read the extract and answer the question
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The speaker is
  • A Alonso
  • B Gonzalo
  • C Prospero
  • D Sebastian
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