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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 461:
Read the extract below and answer the question
Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father's child!But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners
.....
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 - 18)
The speaker is
  • A Tubal
  • B Portia
  • C Morocco
  • D Jessica
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Question 462:
Read the extract below and answer the question
Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father's child!But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners
.....
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 - 18)
''I will feed fat the ancient gradge'' illustrates
  • A Metonymy
  • B Contrast
  • C Apostrophe
  • D Metaphor
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Question 463:
Read the extract below and answer the question
.......'twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; “
Or shall I think in silver she's immured;Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 - 53)
The speaker is
  • A Arragon
  • B Antonio
  • C Morocco
  • D Bassanio
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Question 464:
Read the extract below and answer the question
.......'twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; “
Or shall I think in silver she's immured;Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 - 53)
The person referred to in the extract is
  • A Jessica
  • B Antonio
  • C Balthazar
  • D Portia
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Question 465:
Read the extract below and answer the question
.......'twere damnation
To think so base athough; it were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave; “
Or shall I think in silver she's immured;Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?
(Act 11 scene seven, lines 49 - 53)
''Though'' in the extract implies
  • A Meditating on his love
  • B Associating the portrait with lead
  • C Challenging rival suitors
  • D Reflecting on his fate
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