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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 106:
OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops To Conquer
A : Ay, and bring back vanity and affection to last them the whole year.
I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home!. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage coach. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.
B : Ay, your times were fine times indeed, you have telling us of them for many a long year. Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company....'
Speaker A and B are in
  • A A chamber
  • B The town
  • C London
  • D A stage coach
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Question 107:
Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
The name of the youngman coming form town is
  • A Sir Charles Marlow
  • B Tony Lumpkin
  • C Diggory
  • D Young Marlow
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Question 108:
Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
Speaker A is the father of
  • A Kate Hardcastle
  • B Tony Lumpkin
  • C Hastings
  • D Diggory
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Question 109:
Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
The news of the suitor's visit makes Speaker B
  • A Happy
  • B Sad
  • C Anxious
  • D Pessimistic
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Question 110:
Read the extract below carefully and answer the question
A : Then to be plain with you .......
I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.
I have his father's letter, in which he informs me his son is set out and that he intends to follow himself shortly after.
B : Indeed! I wish I had known something of this before. Bless me, how shall I behave?
It's a thousand to one
I shan't like him, Our meeting will be so formal, and so like a thing of business that I shall find no room for friendship or esteem.
The underlined expression reveals that speaker B
  • A Likes contracted marriages
  • B Disapproves of contracted marriages
  • C Is indifferent to the marriage contract
  • D Suspects the meeting may not hold
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