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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 261:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
The speaker is
  • A Orsino
  • B Sir Andrew
  • C Viola
  • D Valentine
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Question 262:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
''That lady'' refers to
  • A Olivia
  • B Maria
  • C Viola
  • D The Duchess
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Question 263:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
The speaker is addressing
  • A A sea captain, friend to Sebastian
  • B A sea captain, friend to Viola
  • C Sir Toby, uncle to Olivia
  • D Malvolio, steward to Olivia
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Question 264:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night.
Read the extract below and answer the question
O that I served that lady,
And might not be delivered to the world
Till I had made mine own occasion mellow,
What my estate is!
(Act 1 Sc. 11)
The word ''delivered'' in line 2 means
  • A Condemned
  • B Sent away
  • C Made known
  • D Forgotten
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Question 265:
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : I could marry this wenchfor this device
B : So could I too.
A : And ask no other dowry with her but such another jest.
B : Nor I neither.
C : Here comes my noble gull-catcher.
A : Wilt thou set thy foot o my neck?
B : Or o' mine either?
A : Shall I play my freedom at tray: and become thy bondslave?
B : I faith, or I either?
(Act 2 Sc V)
Speaker A is
  • A Anotonio
  • B The Duke
  • C Sir Toby
  • D Fabian
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