2012 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
Speaker Q is
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
Speaker Q is
A
Miranda
B
Prospero
C
Sebastian
D
Caliban
correct option: a
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
The dialogue recalls
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
The dialogue recalls
A
their exile to the island
B
the killing of the king
C
their love affairs
D
the grandmother's death
correct option: a
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
Speaker P wants his partner to
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
Speaker P wants his partner to
A
pity his condition
B
fight his brother
C
justify his action
D
love him
correct option: c
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
The speakers are
Read the extract and answer the question
P : Mark his condition, and the answer questions
If this might be a brother.
Q: I should sun
To think but nobly of my grandmother:
Good wombs have borne bad sons.
(Act 1, scene two lines 116-120)
The speakers are
A
grandfather and son
B
lovers
C
father and daughter
D
friends
correct option: c
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Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The speaker is
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The speaker is
A
Ferdinand
B
Stephano
C
Miranda
D
Prospero
correct option: c
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Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
After this speech, the character addressed
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
After this speech, the character addressed
A
sings
B
dances
C
kneels
D
weeps
correct option: c
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Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The character addressed is
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The character addressed is
A
prospoero
B
Ferdinand
C
Alonso
D
Juno
correct option: b
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Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The speaker is expressing
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The speaker is expressing
A
love
B
hatred
C
sorrow
D
regret
correct option: a
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Read the extract and answer the question
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The character who secretly watches and listens is
At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer
What I desire to give; and much less take
What I shall die to want. But this is trifling;
And all the more it seeks to hide itself,
The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!
And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!
(Act 111, scene one lines 78 - 83)
The character who secretly watches and listens is
A
Trinculo
B
Stephano
C
Caliban
D
Prospero
correct option: d
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Read the extract ans answer your question
M : No, as I am a man.
N : There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 - 462)
The speakers are
M : No, as I am a man.
N : There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple\If the ill spirit have so fair a house,
Good things will strive to dwell with it.
(Act 1, scene two lines 459 - 462)
The speakers are
A
arguing
B
in prison
C
dancing
D
in love
correct option: d
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