Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 971
waec 2006

Speaker Z thinks Y is

Avery honest
Bas dishonest as most people
Cmore dishonest than anyone
Dmore dishonest than ten thousand people
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Question 972
waec 2006

The two characters who just left this scene are

ARosencrantz and Guildenstern
BHamlet and the ghost
CThe king and the question
DPolonius and Ophelia
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Question 973
waec 2006

Speaker Z's responses suggest that he is

Aplanning revenge
Bpretending to be mad
Ctelling a lie
Dpreparing to commit suicide
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Question 974
waec 2006

Speakers Y and Z are

APolonius and Hamlet
BClaudius and Laertes
CLaertes and Horatio
DMarcellus and Reynaldo
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Question 975
waec 2006

During this speech

Athe palace soldiers arrived
BHamlet attacked the speaker
Cthe queen fainted
Da cock crowed
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Question 976
waec 2006

The speaker's mood is

Aanger
Bregret
Canxiety
Ddisappointment
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Question 977
waec 2006

The speech was made after

Athe killing of Polonius
BHamlet's arrival at the palace
Cthe arrival of the players
Dthe appearance of the ghost
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Question 978
waec 2006

The character addressed is

Athe queen
Bthe ghost
CBernado
DReynaldo
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Question 979
waec 2006

The Speaker is

AHamlet
BMarcellus
CHoratio
DClaudius
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Question 980
waec 2006

The power of ''sleep'' is described as

Amajestic
Bmagical
Cpoetic
Dworshipful
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Question 981
waec 2006

''Sleep'' in the poem is an example of

Aalliteration
Bassonance
Conomatopoeia
Dpun
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Question 982
waec 2006

The poem makes use of

Aend-stopped lines
Brun-on lines
Crhyme
Dmetaphor
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Question 983
waec 2006

The dominant device used in the first line is

AOxymoron
Bapostrophe
Crhyme
Dmetaphor
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Question 984
waec 2006

The poem is

Aan epic
Ban ode
Ca lyric
Da ballad
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Question 985
waec 2006

''droning'' and ''have'' illustrate

Aanecdote
Bepigram
Callusion
Depitaph
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Question 986
waec 2006

''.....gasping exhaustion of the ill-nourished and aged'' infers

Ahelplessness
Bslowness
Csadness
Dtiredness
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Question 987
waec 2006

The passage conveys a mood of

Adefiance
Bhope
Cfear
Ddespair
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Question 988
waec 2006

''....on the backs of the benches'' illustrates

Asynecdoche
Bepithet
Cassonance
Dpersonification
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Question 989
waec 2006

The style of writing is

Aargumentative
Bepistolary
Cnarrative
Dexpository
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Question 990
waec 2006
''The strong gongs groaning as the guns boom far'' illustrates
Ametonymy
Brefrain
Conomatopoeia
Drepetition
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