Waec Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2019
Question 46
The occasion is _________
- A. Othello's return from war
- B. Othello's departure for Cyprus
- C. Montano expressirig his delight after the tempest.
- D. the defeat of the Turks.
Question 47
Read the extract and answer questions 46 1o 50,
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell's from heaven. If it were now to die,
'T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 - 187) 46.
The speaker is ________
- A. Brabantio
- B. Othello
- C. Duke
- D. Montano
Question 48
Among these unlucky deeds. the immediate one is _________
- A. he killing of Desdemona
- B. declaring Desdemiona as unfaithful
- C. refusing to listen to Emilia
- D. the sacking of Cassio
Question 49
The language of the extract is best described as _________
- A. ironical
- B. humorous
- C. hyperbolical
- D. sarcástie.
Question 50
The trees bowed their heads in shame illustrates ________
- A. personification
- B. alliteration
- C. assonance
- D. paradox
