2009 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5

41
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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)

After this speech, the speaker
A
exits
B
dies
C
wakes up
D
sleeps off
correct option: a
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42
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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 character being addressed is
A
Laertes
B
Hamlet
C
Polonius
D
Ophelia
correct option: d
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43
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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)

Another character present on the scene is
A
Rosencrantz
B
Guildenstern
C
Polonius
D
Hamlet
correct option: c
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44
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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 wildness referred to can also be called
A
love
B
madness
C
happiness
D
death
correct option: a
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45
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H : Where is this sight?

l : What is it ye would see?
If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search
(Act Five, Scene 11,lines 348-350)

Speaker H is
A
Fortunbras
B
Horatio
C
Osric
D
Ambassador
correct option: a
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46
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H : Where is this sight?

l : What is it ye would see?
If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search
(Act Five, Scene 11,lines 348-350)

Speaker l is
A
Horatio
B
Claudius
C
Hamlet
D
Osric
correct option: a
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47
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H : Where is this sight?

l : What is it ye would see?
If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search
(Act Five, Scene 11,lines 348-350)

sight refers to
A
players and drummers
B
soldiers from England
C
incest committed
D
dead bodies
correct option: d
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48
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H : Where is this sight?

l : What is it ye would see?
If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search
(Act Five, Scene 11,lines 348-350)

Shortly before this speech, _ died
A
the king
B
the queen
C
Hamlet
D
Polonius
correct option: c
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49
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H : Where is this sight?

l : What is it ye would see?
If aught of woe or wonder, cease your search
(Act Five, Scene 11,lines 348-350)

Other characters who died earlier were
A
the queen and ambassador
B
Hamlet and Osric
C
Ophelia and Horatio
D
Laertes and the King
correct option: d
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