Waec Literature In English Past Questions
Question 1306
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 has just come out of
- A. an appalling experience
- B. a nightmare
- C. an induced sleep
- D. a rehearsal
Question 1307
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 is
- A. Bottom
- B. Puck
- C. Quince
- D. Peaseblossom
Question 1308
The trees bowed their heads in shame illustrates ________
- A. personification
- B. alliteration
- C. assonance
- D. paradox
Question 1309
Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45
X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.
Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...
(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)
Speaker Y is a member of
- A. Theseus' retinue
- B. Titania's retinue
- C. the group of actors
- D. the group of lovers
