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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 1496:
Read the extract and answer Questions 36 to 40.
I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a
commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet
an officer. Drunk! And speak parrot! And squabble!
swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with one's own
shadow! a thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no
name to be known by, let us call thee devil!
(Act II, Scene Three, lines 262-267)
The mood is that of
  • A Deceit
  • B Envy
  • C Hatred
  • D Regret
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Question 1497:
Read the extract and answer Questions 36 to 40.
I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a
commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet
an officer. Drunk! And speak parrot! And squabble!
swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with one's own
shadow! a thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no
name to be known by, let us call thee devil!
(Act II, Scene Three, lines 262-267)
.... so good a commander refers to
  • A Brabantio
  • B Duke
  • C Othelo
  • D Roderigo
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Question 1498:
Read the extract and answer Questions 36 to 40.
I will rather sue to be despised than to deceive so good a
commander with so slight, so drunken, and so indiscreet
an officer. Drunk! And speak parrot! And squabble!
swagger! Swear! And discourse fustian with one's own
shadow! a thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no
name to be known by, let us call thee devil!
(Act II, Scene Three, lines 262-267)
The underlined expression exemplifies __________
  • A Antithesis
  • B Apostrophe
  • C Chiasmus
  • D Euphemism
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Question 1499:
Read the extract and answer Questions 41 to 45. 41.
This sight would make him do a desperate turn:
Yea, curse his better angel from his side,
Speaker Y: T is pitiful, but yet lago knows
A thousand times committed.
Cassio confessed it;
.. he ..., referred to by Speaker X, is __________
  • A Brabantio
  • B Gratiano
  • C Montano
  • D Lodovico
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Question 1500:
..do a desperate turn means _______
  • A Commit suicide
  • B Confront Duke
  • C Disown Desdemona
  • D Kill Othello
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