Waec Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2022
Question 36
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,
art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?
Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant, come, thou child;
I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act III, Scene Two, Lines 405 - 411)
Speaker Y's speech can be described as
- A. cowardly
- B. solemn
- C. taunting
- D. silly
Question 37
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,
art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?
Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant, come, thou child;
I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act III, Scene Two, Lines 405 - 411)
The wars are over
- A. Helena
- B. Titania
- C. Hermia
- D. Hippolyta
Question 38
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,
art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?
Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant, come, thou child;
I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act III, Scene Two, Lines 405 - 411)
Speaker Y's intention is to stop
- A. plan
- B. fight
- C. plot
- D. flight
Question 39
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,
art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?
Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant, come, thou child;
I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act III, Scene Two, Lines 405 - 411)
Speaker Y speaks in the voice of
- A. Bottom
- B. Demetrius
- C. Oberon
- D. Lysander
Question 40
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou coward,
art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where dost thou hide thy head?
Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that thou look'st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant, come, thou child;
I'll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act III, Scene Two, Lines 405 - 411)
Speakers X and Y are
- A. Demetrious and Puck
- B. Lysander and Demetrius
- C. Hermia and Helen
- D. Lysander and Puck
