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Question 221

waec 2017

Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

The lines illustrates________

ABlank Verse

BEnd ryhme

CInternal rhyme

DFree Verse

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Question 222

waec 2017

Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

The poets intention is to___________

ACreate Humor

BArouse sympathy

CCreate fun

DShow Contempt

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Question 223

waec 2017

Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings

The alliteration in stinks and stings effectively conveys__________-

ADistaste

BAdmiration

CIndifference

DApproval

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Question 224

waec 2017

Through the trees, I'll hear a single

Ringing sound, a cowbell jingle

The underlined is an example of____________ryhme

AEnd

BFeminine

CInternal

DMasculine

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Question 225

waec 2017

A short single act drama is called____________

AOpera

BAllusion

CFarce

DPlaylet

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Question 226

waec 2017

A literary work in which the characters are animals is a ____________

ALampoon

BFable

CParody

DPantomine

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Question 227

waec 2017

A praise poem is ____________

AA Ballad

BA Panegyric

CAn Allegory

DAn Epigram

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Question 228

waec 2016

In the extract ''this napkin'' is ''the token'' of love between

Alago and Emilia

BCassio and Desdemona

CBianca and Cassio

DDesdemona and Othello

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Question 229

waec 2016

'My wayward husband' refers to

AOthello

Blago

CCassio

DRoderigo

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Question 230

waec 2016

'She' in the extract refers to

ABianca

BDesdemona

CEmilia

DMusician

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Question 231

waec 2016

The characters that just left the scene are

AOthello and lago

BMontano and Cassio

COthello and Desdemona

DGrantiano and Desdemona

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Question 232

waec 2016

The speaker is

ABianca

BEmilia

CClown

DDesdemona

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Question 233

waec 2016

The character that enters immediately after is

Alago

BEmilia

COthello

DCassio

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Question 234

waec 2016

''medicine'' in the extract refers to the speaker's

Ahatred

Bpassion

Clies

Dloyalty

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Question 235

waec 2016

Just before this speech,

AOthello falls into a trance

BBianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio

CMontano fights with Cassio

DRoderigo is killed

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Question 236

waec 2016

The speaker is

AOthello

Blago

CLodovico

DBianca

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Question 237

waec 2016

The speaker is addressing

ACassio

BDuke

Cherself

Dhimself

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Question 238

waec 2016

The setting is

Aa street in Venice

Ba street in Cyprus

Coutside the citadel

Da court before the citadel

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Question 239

waec 2016

The underlined expression shows that the speaker is

Ajovial

Binsincere

Cpolite

Dunfriendly

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Question 240

waec 2016

What has happened to the speaker?

AHe has been fined

BHe has fallen out of favour

CHe has been denied promotion

DHe has lost his job

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