Waec Literature In English Past Questions

Question 1301

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

... seest thou this sweet sight?

Her dotage now I do begin to pity;

For meeting her of late behind the wood,

Seeking sweet favours for this hateful fool,

I did upbraid her, and fall out with her.

For she his hairy temples then had rounded

With coronet of fresh and fragrant flowers;

(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 42 - 28)

The relationship between the speaker and thou in the first line is one of

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  • A. companionship
  • B. friendship
  • C. king and courtier
  • D. master and errand boy
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Question 1302

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

... seest thou this sweet sight?

Her dotage now I do begin to pity;

For meeting her of late behind the wood,

Seeking sweet favours for this hateful fool,

I did upbraid her, and fall out with her.

For she his hairy temples then had rounded

With coronet of fresh and fragrant flowers;

(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 42 - 28)

The speaker is

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  • A. Egeus
  • B. Oberon
  • C. Puke
  • D. Theseus
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Question 1303

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

... Man is but an ass if he go about to

expound this dream. Methought I was - there

is no man can tell

what. Methought I was, and methought I had -

but man is

But a patched fool, if he will offer

To say what methought I

had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of

man hath not

seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his

tongue to conceive, nor

his heart to report, what my dream was

(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 201 - 207)

The speaker's language is best described as

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  • A. comic
  • B. satiric
  • C. conceit
  • D. metaphoric
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Question 1304

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

... Man is but an ass if he go about to

expound this dream. Methought I was - there

is no man can tell

what. Methought I was, and methought I had -

but man is

But a patched fool, if he will offer

To say what methought I

had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of

man hath not

seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his

tongue to conceive, nor

his heart to report, what my dream was

(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 201 - 207)

It is a state of

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  • A. deception
  • B. ignorance
  • C. illusion
  • D. innocence
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Question 1305

Read the extract below and answer the following questions

... Man is but an ass if he go about to

expound this dream. Methought I was - there

is no man can tell

what. Methought I was, and methought I had -

but man is

But a patched fool, if he will offer

To say what methought I

had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of

man hath not

seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his

tongue to conceive, nor

his heart to report, what my dream was

(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 201 - 207)

The architect of the speaker's current state is

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  • A. Hippolyta
  • B. Oberon
  • C. Titania
  • D. Theseus
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