2009 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
A character being addressed is
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
A character being addressed is
A
Ophelia
B
Hamlet
C
Marcellus
D
Bernado
correct option: a
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The subject of discussion is
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The subject of discussion is
A
Horatio
B
Hamlet
C
Marcellus
D
Bernado
correct option: b
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The speaker is
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
The speaker is
A
happy
B
confused
C
excited
D
anxious
correct option: a
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
Thews and bulk means
Read the extract and answer the question
Think it no more:
For nature, crescent, does not grow alone
In thews and bulk, as this temple waxes,
The inward service of the mind and soul
Grows wide withal. Perhaps he loves you now.
And now no soil or cantle doth besmirch
The virtue of his will
(Act One, Scene 111, Lines 10 - 16)
Thews and bulk means
A
power
B
body and soul
C
strength and size
D
brain
correct option: b
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Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Speaker X is
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Speaker X is
A
Horatio
B
Marcellus
C
Hamlet
D
Laertes
correct option: b
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Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
The setting is
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
The setting is
A
another part of the platform
B
a platform in front of the castle
C
the queen's palace
D
a room in the castle
correct option: b
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Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
The atmosphere is
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
The atmosphere is
A
frightening
B
peaceful
C
relaxed
D
bleak
correct option: a
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Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Tis gone and will not answer refers to the
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Tis gone and will not answer refers to the
A
gravedigger
B
ghost
C
servant
D
soldier
correct option: b
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Read the extract and answer the question
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Speaker Y is
X : Tis gone will not answer.
Y : How now....! You tremble and look pale;
Is not this something more than fantasy?
What think you on't?
Z : Before my God. I might not this believe
Without the sensible and true avouch
Of mine own eyes.
(Act One, Scene I, lines 52-58)
Speaker Y is
A
Bernado
B
Francisco
C
Polonius
D
Rosencrantz
correct option: a
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And for your part,..., I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honours,
(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)
The speaker is
And for your part,..., I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause
Of ...wildness: so shall I hope your virtues
Will bring him to his wonted way again,
To both your honours,
(Act Three, Scene I, lines 37-42)
The speaker is
A
the king
B
Laertes
C
the queen
D
polonius
correct option: c
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