waec 2012 literature Past Questions And Answers

Waec 2012 Literature Past Questions And Answers

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

A. Ferdinand
B. Stephano
C. Miranda
D. Prospero

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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 other character present is

A. Alonso
B. Caliban
C. Prospero
D. Antonio

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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

A. sings
B. dances
C. kneels
D. weeps

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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)

Speaker N

A. is attracted to the temple
B. admires speaker M
C. dislikes the spirit in the house
D. dwells in the temple

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Use the following lines to answer the question

Truth may bend but will never break:

It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.

The simile in the second line

A. expresses the idea more vividly
B. tells one that oil is heavier than water
C. makes a comparison between oil and water
D. expresses the idea in a complex manner

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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

A. prospoero
B. Ferdinand
C. Alonso
D. Juno

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A narrative in which characters and events are invented is

A. fiction
B. epistolary
C. autobiography
D. biography

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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

A. Trinculo
B. Stephano
C. Caliban
D. Prospero

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AFRICAN PROSE

ASARE KONADU: A Woman In Her Prime

Comment on the significance of the search for Yaw Boakye

Explanation

Yaw Boakye is an important member of the Brenhoma community. He leaves on a Monday to go hunting and does not return home. In keeping with the practice of the community, a search party is organized. The search for Yaw Boakye highlights the gregarious nature of the society. It shows that people are concerned about the welfare of others. The young men of the village do not need any prompting: they turn up in their numbers to take part in the search as soon as Boakye's disappearance is announced. Their commitment to seeking each other's welfare is not in doubt. They drop all that they are engaged in and concentrate on finding their kinsman, dead or alive. Pokuwaa's concern for the welfare of her husband `Kwadwo' comes out during the search for Boakye. She does not want him to be the first to come upon the hideous sight of Boakye's corpse. She has seen it and does not want to subject her husband to the horror which it holds, if she can prevent it. She therefore directs him to conduct his search far away from where she knows the corpse is.

The search also demonstrates the highly organized structure of Brenhoma's society. The men are divided into several groups, each group led by a captain whose authority is undisputed. Further, the search heightens suspense in the novel. As the men move slowly in groups toward the corpse of Boakye, the narrator captures their every movement. The suddenness of the end of the search surprises even the reader. As vultures whirl overhead, the reader suspects that the men are approaching Boakye's corpse. But the end comes suddenly, encoded in traditional register: "Wasps! Wasps! Take care!". Soon the drums are relaying the message "We mourn Yaw Baokye. Condolences".

Finally, the search highlights the belief in superstition which plays an important role in the lives of the people. Even though there is as yet no evidence that Yaw Boakye is dead, the searchers have come to the conclusion that what Pokuwaa has reportedly seen a couple of days earlier has been Boakye's ghost. Thus as they proceed in their search for him, the fear of encountering his ghost lingers in their minds.

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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 is

A. Alonso
B. Antonio
C. Ferdinand
D. Proospero

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