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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 351:
Read the poem and answer the question
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown
Always it woke him even in France
Until this morning and this snow
If anything might rouse him now
This kind old sun will know
Think how it wakes the seeds
Woke,once, the clays of a cold star
Are limbs, so dear achieved, are sides,
Full-nerved still warm too hard to stir?
Was it for this the clay grew tall?
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break earth's sleep at all?
The theme of the poem is the ...of life
  • A Vanity
  • B Creation
  • C Distortion
  • D Futility
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Question 352:
Read the poem and answer the question
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown
Always it woke him even in France
Until this morning and this snow
If anything might rouse him now
This kind old sun will know
Think how it wakes the seeds
Woke,once, the clays of a cold star
Are limbs, so dear achieved, are sides,
Full-nerved still warm too hard to stir?
Was it for this the clay grew tall?
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break earth's sleep at all?
The mood in the last two lines is one of
  • A Surprise
  • B Lament
  • C Uncertainty
  • D Indifference
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Question 353:
Read the poem and answer the question
Move him into the sun
Gently its touch awoke him once,
At home, whispering of fields unsown
Always it woke him even in France
Until this morning and this snow
If anything might rouse him now
This kind old sun will know
Think how it wakes the seeds
Woke,once, the clays of a cold star
Are limbs, so dear achieved, are sides,
Full-nerved still warm too hard to stir?
Was it for this the clay grew tall?
O what made fatuous sunbeams toil
To break earth's sleep at all?
The dominant images are associated with
  • A Death
  • B Nature
  • C Life
  • D Age
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Question 354:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : My people do already know my mind,
And will acknowledge you and Jessica
In place of Lord Bassanio and myself
So fare thee till we shall meet again
B : Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you
(Act 111, sc IV)
Speaker A is
  • A Jessica
  • B Gratiano
  • C Portia
  • D Nerissa
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Question 355:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : My people do already know my mind,
And will acknowledge you and Jessica
In place of Lord Bassanio and myself
So fare thee till we shall meet again
B : Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you
(Act 111, sc IV)
Speaker B is
  • A Lorenzo
  • B Solerio
  • C Solarino
  • D Launcelot
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