2010 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5
41
Read the extract and answer the question
If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,
Speak to me;
That may be any good thing to be grace to me,
Speak to me;
If thou art privy to thy country's fate,
Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid,
O, speak!
Or if thou has uphoarded in thy life
Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death
Speak of it:
(Act 1 scene one, lines 129-139)
The speaker is
A
Hamlet
B
Mercellus
C
Horatio
D
Claudius
42
Read the extract and answer the question
If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,
Speak to me;
That may be any good thing to be grace to me,
Speak to me;
If thou art privy to thy country's fate,
Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid,
O, speak!
Or if thou has uphoarded in thy life
Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death
Speak of it:
(Act 1 scene one, lines 129-139)
The character being addressed is
A
the queen
B
the ghost
C
Bernado
D
Reynaldo
43
Read the extract and answer the question
If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,
Speak to me;
That may be any good thing to be grace to me,
Speak to me;
If thou art privy to thy country's fate,
Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid,
O, speak!
Or if thou has uphoarded in thy life
Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death
Speak of it:
(Act 1 scene one, lines 129-139)
The speech is made after
A
the killing of Polonius
B
Hamlet's arrival at the palace
C
the arrival of the players
D
the appearance of the ghost
44
Read the extract and answer the question
If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,
Speak to me;
That may be any good thing to be grace to me,
Speak to me;
If thou art privy to thy country's fate,
Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid,
O, speak!
Or if thou has uphoarded in thy life
Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death
Speak of it:
(Act 1 scene one, lines 129-139)
The speaker's mood is one of
A
anger
B
reget
C
anxiety
D
disappointment
45
Read the extract and answer the question
If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,
Speak to me;
That may be any good thing to be grace to me,
Speak to me;
If thou art privy to thy country's fate,
Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid,
O, speak!
Or if thou has uphoarded in thy life
Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death
Speak of it:
(Act 1 scene one, lines 129-139)
During the speech,
A
the palace soldiers arrived
B
Hamlet attacked the speaker
C
the queen fainted
D
the cock crowed
46
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And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)
The speaker is
A
Gertrude
B
Ophelia
C
Claudius
D
Polonius
47
Read the extract and answer the question
And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)
The character being discussed is
A
Voltimand
B
Hamlet
C
Ophelia
D
Rosencrantz
48
Read the extract and answer the question
And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)
The character being addressed are
A
Marcellus and Horatio
B
Bernado and Francisco
C
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
D
Marcellus and Francisco
49
Read the extract and answer the question
And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)
The response given to this speech indicates that the attempt was
A
unsuccessful
B
successful
C
progressing
D
dangerous
50
Read the extract and answer the question
And can you, by no drift of circumstance,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet.
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
(Act 111, scene one line, 1-4)
The enquiry is about
A
Hamlet
B
Laertes
C
Ophelia
D
Horatio
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