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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 1066:
Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
''this man'' is
  • A Alonso
  • B Trinculo
  • C Stephano
  • D Prospero
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Question 1067:
Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
''this maid'' is
  • A Caribel
  • B Miranda
  • C Sycorax
  • D Dido
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Question 1068:
Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
Those present in this scene are
  • A Stephano and Trinculo
  • B Prospero and Miranda
  • C Prospero and Gonzalo
  • D Miranda and Alonso
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Question 1069:
Read the extract and answer the question
X : So they are.
My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up.
My father's loss, the weakness which I feel,
The wrack of all my friends, nor this man's threats
To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,
Might I but through my prison once a day
Behold this maid. All corners else o'th' earth
Let liberty make use of,...
(Act 1, scene two lines 487-496)
''So they are'' refers to the
  • A Speaker's friends
  • B Speaker's nerves
  • C Monster's threats
  • D Listener's spirits
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Question 1070:
Read the extract and answer the question
If I speak true! if hollowly, invert
What best is boded me to mischief! I,
Beyond all limit of what else i' the world,
Do love, prize, honour you.
(Act 111, scene one line 70-73)
The speaker is
  • A Prospero
  • B Ferdinand
  • C Miranda
  • D Gonzalo
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