2007 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5

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X : What is the matter?
Y : Save yourself, my lord:
The ocean, overpeering of his list,
Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste
Than young Laertes....
(Act 4, Scene five, lines 97-101)

Speaker x IS
A
a messenger
B
the King
C
the Queen
D
Laertes
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X : What is the matter?
Y : Save yourself, my lord:
The ocean, overpeering of his list,
Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste
Than young Laertes....
(Act 4, Scene five, lines 97-101)

Speaker Y is
A
the Queen
B
Polonius
C
an attendant
D
Ophelia
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X : What is the matter?
Y : Save yourself, my lord:
The ocean, overpeering of his list,
Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste
Than young Laertes....
(Act 4, Scene five, lines 97-101)

The characters who come on the scene shortly afterwards are
A
Laertes and the Danes
B
the Queen and Hamlet
C
Ophelia and the Danes
D
Hamlet and Laertes
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X : What is the matter?
Y : Save yourself, my lord:
The ocean, overpeering of his list,
Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste
Than young Laertes....
(Act 4, Scene five, lines 97-101)

The other character present in the scene is
A
the Queen
B
Hamlet
C
Horatio
D
Marcellus
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45
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X : What is the matter?
Y : Save yourself, my lord:
The ocean, overpeering of his list,
Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste
Than young Laertes....
(Act 4, Scene five, lines 97-101)

The King had just requested that all the
A
doors be broken
B
doors be guarded
C
windows be locked
D
windows be opened
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46
Read the extract and answer the question 45-50

Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)

The speaker is
A
Hamlet
B
Marcellus
C
Horatio
D
Laertes
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Read the extract and answer the question 45-50

Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)

The character who just spoke before the speaker is
A
Horatio
B
Laertes
C
Hamlet
D
Marcellus
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48
Read the extract and answer the question 45-50

Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)

The setting of the extract is
A
a room in the castle
B
the platform
C
the queen's closet
D
a graveyard
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49
Read the extract and answer the question 45-50

Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)

The passage creates an atmosphere of
A
surprise and determination
B
insecurity and resignation
C
security and assurance
D
courage and assurance
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Read the extract and answer the question 45-50

Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd,
Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou comest in such a questionable shape.....
(Act l, Scene four, lines 39-43)

Line 1 suggests the speaker's belief in
A
ghosts
B
spirits
C
purgatory
D
magic
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