2002 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy
for you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The person addressed is
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy
for you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The person addressed is
A
Antonio
B
Nerissa
C
Lorenzo
D
Salarino
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy
for you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The speaker is addressing the addressee's
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy
for you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The speaker is addressing the addressee's
A
elopement
B
synecdoche
C
engagement
D
melancholy
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy
for you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The underlined expression illustrates
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Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad
Because you are not merry; and 'twere as easy
for you to laugh and leap, and say you are merry
Because you are not sad.
(Act 1 sc 1)
The underlined expression illustrates
A
assonance
B
synecdoche
C
alliteration
D
irony
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I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
The speaker is
I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
The speaker is
A
Jessica
B
Servingman
C
Nerissa
D
Portia
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I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
Thou in the extract refers to
I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
Thou in the extract refers to
A
Gobbo
B
Launcelot
C
Salerio
D
Leonardo
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I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
During this speech, the speaker
I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
During this speech, the speaker
A
betrays his conscience
B
chooses the right partner
C
gives the addressee a letter
D
changes the course of action
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I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
Merry devil illustrates
I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
Merry devil illustrates
A
oxymoron
B
simile
C
paradox
D
personification
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Read the extract below and answer the question
I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
The speaker is contemplating on
I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so
Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil
Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness
But fare thee well: there is a ducat for thee
(Act 11, sc lll)
The speaker is contemplating on
A
marriage
B
love
C
elopement
D
disguise
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....very vilely in the morning when he is sober, and most vilely
in the afternoon when he is drunk. When he is best he is a little
worse than a man, and when he is worst he is a little better than a beast
(Act 1 sc ll)
The speaker is
....very vilely in the morning when he is sober, and most vilely
in the afternoon when he is drunk. When he is best he is a little
worse than a man, and when he is worst he is a little better than a beast
(Act 1 sc ll)
The speaker is
A
Portia
B
Launcelot
C
Jessica
D
Antonio
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....very vilely in the morning when he is sober, and most vilely
in the afternoon when he is drunk. When he is best he is a little
worse than a man, and when he is worst he is a little better than a beast
(Act 1 sc ll)
The person addressed is
....very vilely in the morning when he is sober, and most vilely
in the afternoon when he is drunk. When he is best he is a little
worse than a man, and when he is worst he is a little better than a beast
(Act 1 sc ll)
The person addressed is
A
Gobbo
B
Nerissa
C
Bassanjo
D
Lorenzo
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