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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 1201:
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
The underlined expression shows that the speaker is
  • A Jovial
  • B Insincere
  • C Polite
  • D Unfriendly
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Question 1202:
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othell0
So opposite to marriage that she shunned
The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom
Of such a thing as thou to fear, not to delight?
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 66 - 70)
The setting is
  • A A street in Venice
  • B A street in Cyprus
  • C Outside the citadel
  • D A court before the citadel
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Question 1203:
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My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
The speaker is addressing
  • A Cassio
  • B Duke
  • C Herself
  • D Himself
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Question 1204:
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My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
The speaker is
  • A Othello
  • B Lago
  • C Lodovico
  • D Bianca
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Question 1205:
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My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught,
And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,
All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!
My lord, I say!
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49)
Just before this speech,
  • A Othello falls into a trance
  • B Bianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio
  • C Montano fights with Cassio
  • D Roderigo is killed
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