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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 166:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
Read the extract below and answer the question
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on 't;
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.
(Acts iii, Scene 4)
The person being referred to in the figure of speech is
  • A Olivia
  • B Malvolio
  • C Viola
  • D Sebastian
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Question 167:
Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
What has the speaker just done?
  • A Sent a ring to Orsino
  • B Written a letter to Malvolio
  • C Met her brother who is presumed dead
  • D Sent a ring to Cesario
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Question 168:
Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
In lines 1 and 2, the speaker admits
  • A Having very attractive eyes
  • B Acting unreasonably
  • C Falling in love
  • D Not taking advantage of an opportunity
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Question 169:
Read the extract and answer the question:
I do I know not what, and fear to find
Mine eye to great a flatterer for my mind
Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe,
'What is decreed must be, and be this so
(Act 1, Scene 5)
How does fate treat the speaker at the end of the play?
  • A She marries Sebastian
  • B He marries Maria
  • C She marries Orsino
  • D He falls in love with Olivia
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Question 170:
Read the extract below and answer the question:
......O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
Me thought she purged the air of pestilence;
That instant was, I turned into a heart,
And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
E'er since pursue me.
(Act 1, Scene 1)
Who is speaking?
  • A Orsino
  • B Sebastian
  • C Cesario
  • D Malvolio
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