Waec 2008 Literature Past Questions And Answers
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The addresses later
- A. kills himself
- B. sleeps off
- C. runs away
- D. arrived
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I prithee, when thou seest that act afoot,
Even with the very comment of thy soul
Observe mine uncle: if his occulted guilt
Do not itself unkennel in one speech,
It is a dammed ghost that we have seen.....
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 73-77)
The ''uncle'' being referred to is
- A. Laertes
- B. Claudius
- C. Guildenstern
- D. Horatio
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
It is here,......thou art slain;
No medicine in the world can do thee good,
In thee there is not half an hour of life;
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand,
Unbated and envenom d: the foul practice
Hath turn'd itself on me; lo; here I lie,
(Act 5, Scene Two, Lines 298-303)
The setting is
- A. a hall in the castle
- B. the battlefield
- C. a platform in front of the castle
- D. the queen's room
Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The setting is
- A. a room in Polonius house
- B. a room in the castle
- C. the queen's room
- D. the king's room.
A question which does not require an answer is
- A. discourse
- B. rhetorical
- C. ironic `
- D. flashback
Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
The speaker is
- A. Polonius
- B. the King
- C. Hamlet
- D. the queen
''Peter's pretty partner paid the bills'' is an example of
- A. alliteration
- B. rhyme
- C. satire
- D. digression
Read the extract and answer the question
Thrift, thrift,....! the funeral baked meats
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had seen that day,.....!
My father! _ Me thinks I see my father.
(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 180-184)
''The primrose path of dalliance'' means
- A. a religious life
- B. a reckless life
- C. the way to heaven
- D. the way to hell
AFRICAN PROSE
BUCHI EMECHETA: The Joys of Motherhood
Discuss Emecheta's narrative technique in the novel
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2008 THEORYUNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE
Read the poem and answer the question
At the onset of the rain
The drought-stricken land
Suck up the wetness
And the gates to the field
Are flung widely open.
It is the signal for planting!
It is time for joyous toiling!
At various times of day
The hard and erect hoe
Would thrust and dig deep
Into the receiving wet soil.
Seeds on different quantities
Seeds of varying potency
Are broadcasted in layers
Into the womb of the earth
With time and much labour
The seed now transformed
Blossoms and grows into new life!
'Joyous toiling'' is an example of
- A. onomatopeia
- B. oxymoron
- C. irony
- D. metaphor