2003 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5

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Read the extract below and answer the Question

.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........
The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)

The first two lines convey an impression of
A
radiance
B
deception
C
beauty
D
destruction
correct option: b
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Read the extract below and answer the Question

.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........
The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)

The underlined expression is an example of
A
onomatopoeia
B
personification
C
hyperbole
D
metonymy
correct option: b
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43
Read the extract below and answer the Question

.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........
The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)

'' Midas'' in the extract illustrates a/an
A
anecdote
B
pun
C
allusion
D
allegory
correct option: d
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Read the extract below and answer the Question

.....Thus ornament is but the guilded shore
To a most dangerous sea...........
The seeming truth which cunning times put on
To entrap the wisest. Therefore thou gaudy gold
Hard food for Midas. I will none of thee.....
(Act 111 sc 11)

After the speech, the speaker proceeds to
A
make the right choice
B
marry her lover
C
unlock the silver casket
D
expose the secret
correct option: a
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