Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 1
waec 2013

Soon after this dialogue appears

AAriel
BFerdinand
CGonzalo
DCaliban
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Question 2
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''When I have decked the sea with drops full salt'' suggests

Adreaming
Bswimming
Cweeping
Dsleeping
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Question 3
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The speaker sees the addressee as a/an

Alover
Bsaviour
Cburden
Dantagonist
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Question 4
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The character addressed is

AFerdinand
BAriel
CCaliban
DMiranda
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Question 5
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The speaker is

AAlonso
BGonzalo
CProspero
DSebastian
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Question 6
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The ''oath'' referred to in the scene is

AMiranda shall not give in to Ferdinand
BFerdinand shall not have intimate contact with Miranda
CMiranda shall vow to be faithful to Ferdinand
DFerdinand shall not tell his father about Miranda
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Question 7
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Another character present in the scene is

ACaliban
BTrinculo
CStephano
DMiranda
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Question 8
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The literary device in lines 52 and 53 is

Apersonification
Bsimile
Cmetaphor
Dsynecdoche
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Question 9
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The character addressed is

AMiranda
BAntonio
CFerdinard
DSebastian
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Question 10
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The speaker is

AAlonso
BProspero
CGonzalo
DFerdinand
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Question 11
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A character in the scene whom Prospero admires is

AFerdinand
BGonzalo
CAdrian
DFrancisco
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Question 12
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The speaker immediately

Areports them to Prospero
Bmakes them repent
Cdrives them away
Dmakes them go mad temporarily
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Question 13
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In the first line, 'Destiny' is

Ametaphor
Bpersonification
Callusion
Deuphemism
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Question 14
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The ''three men of sin'' are

AAlonso,Gonzalo and Antonio
BAlonso, Antonio and Sebastian
CAntonio,Sebastian and Gonzalo
DSebastian,Gonzalo and Antonio
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Question 15
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The speaker is

AProspero
BMiranda
CAriel
DGonzalo
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Question 16
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Later in the scene the addressee proposes a plot to

Amake Trinculo king of the island
Bkill prospero
Csteal miranda
Drob prospero of his clothes
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Question 17
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The addressee asks that the speaker be

Apunished severely
Bhanged on a tree
Cbeaten to death
Dbitten to death
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Question 18
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The ''lie'' is that the speaker is a/an

Adrunkard
Bcoward
Cass
Didiot
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Question 19
waec 2013

The character addressed is

ATrinculo
BStephano
CSebastian
DCaliban
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Question 20
waec 2013

The speaker is

AStephano
BCaliban
CTrinculo
DAdrian
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