2013 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5
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Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The character addressed is
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The character addressed is
A
Miranda
B
Antonio
C
Ferdinard
D
Sebastian
correct option: c
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Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The literary device in lines 52 and 53 is
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The literary device in lines 52 and 53 is
A
personification
B
simile
C
metaphor
D
synecdoche
correct option: c
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Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
Another character present in the scene is
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
Another character present in the scene is
A
Caliban
B
Trinculo
C
Stephano
D
Miranda
correct option: d
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Read the extract and answer the question
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The ''oath'' referred to in the scene is
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The ''oath'' referred to in the scene is
A
Miranda shall not give in to Ferdinand
B
Ferdinand shall not have intimate contact with Miranda
C
Miranda shall vow to be faithful to Ferdinand
D
Ferdinand shall not tell his father about Miranda
correct option: b
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Read the extract and answer the question
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The speaker is
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The speaker is
A
Alonso
B
Gonzalo
C
Prospero
D
Sebastian
correct option: c
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Read the extract and answer the question
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The character addressed is
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The character addressed is
A
Ferdinand
B
Ariel
C
Caliban
D
Miranda
correct option: d
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Read the extract and answer the question
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The speaker sees the addressee as a/an
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
The speaker sees the addressee as a/an
A
lover
B
saviour
C
burden
D
antagonist
correct option: a
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Read the extract and answer the question
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
''When I have decked the sea with drops full salt'' suggests
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
''When I have decked the sea with drops full salt'' suggests
A
dreaming
B
swimming
C
weeping
D
sleeping
correct option: c
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Read the extract and answer the question
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
Soon after this dialogue appears
Oh, a Cherubin
Thou wast that did preserve me. Thou didst smile,
Infused with a fortitude from heaven,
When I have decked the sea with drops full salt.
Under my burthen groaned; which raised in me
An undergoing stomach, to bear up
Against what should ensue
(Act 1 scene two lines 154-161)
Soon after this dialogue appears
A
Ariel
B
Ferdinand
C
Gonzalo
D
Caliban
correct option: a
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