Waec Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2021
Question 41
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 X's speech can be described as a
- A. satire
- B. conceit
- C. paradox
- D. parody
Question 42
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. Quince
- B. Lysander
- C. Demetrius
- D. Bottom
Question 43
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 X has just
- A. escaped from the city
- B. fallen into a world of dreams
- C. woken up from an induced sleep
- D. abandoned a loved one
Question 44
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 X is
- A. Titania
- B. Hippolyta
- C. snout
- D. Oberon
Question 45
Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.
If we offend, it is with our good will.
That you should think, we come not to offend,
But with good will. To show our simple skill,
That is the true beginning of our end.
Consider then, we come but in despite.
We do not come, as minding to content you,
Our true intent is.
(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)
The speech is A. romanticB. satiric c. comicD. tragic
- A. romantic
- B. satiric
- C. comic
- D. tragic
