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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 416:
Read the extract below and answer the question
....if you pick us, do we not bleed? if
You tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not
die? -And if you wrong us, shall we not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
The speech asserts the speaker's demand for
  • A Mercy
  • B Reprieve
  • C Parole
  • D Justice
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Question 417:
Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)
The speaker is addressing
  • A Duke
  • B Arragon
  • C Bassanio
  • D Morocco
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Question 418:
Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)
By the expression ''I am forsworn'', the reader becomes aware of the speaker's
  • A Inheritance
  • B Fiancee
  • C Predicament
  • D Tradition
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Question 419:
Read the extract below and answer the question
How to choose right, but then I am forsworm;
So will I never be; so you may miss me;
But if you do, you'll make me whish a sin,
That l had been forsworn.
(Act Three Scence ll)
''....you may miss me'' implies
  • A Separation
  • B Fear
  • C Death
  • D Failure
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Question 420:
Read the extract below and answer the question
This house, these servants, and this same myself
Are yours, my Lord! I give them with this ring,
Which when you part from, lose, or give away,
Let it presage the ruin of your love,
And be my vantage to exclaim on you .
(Act Three Scene 11)
The ring symbolizes
  • A Love
  • B Marriage
  • C Engagement
  • D Surrender
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