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
correct option: a
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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
correct option: a
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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
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
A
assonance
B
synecdoche
C
alliteration
D
irony
correct option: c
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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
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
correct option: a
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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)
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
correct option: b
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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)
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
correct option: c
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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)
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
correct option: a
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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
correct option: c
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Read the extract below and answer the question
....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
correct option: a
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Read the extract below and answer the question
....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
correct option: b
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