2013 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The character addressed is
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The character addressed is
A
Trinculo
B
Stephano
C
Sebastian
D
Caliban
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The ''lie'' is that the speaker is a/an
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The ''lie'' is that the speaker is a/an
A
drunkard
B
coward
C
ass
D
idiot
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The addressee asks that the speaker be
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The addressee asks that the speaker be
A
punished severely
B
hanged on a tree
C
beaten to death
D
bitten to death
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
Later in the scene the addressee proposes a plot to
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Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
Later in the scene the addressee proposes a plot to
A
make Trinculo king of the island
B
kill prospero
C
steal miranda
D
rob prospero of his clothes
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You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The speaker is
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The speaker is
A
Prospero
B
Miranda
C
Ariel
D
Gonzalo
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You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The ''three men of sin'' are
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The ''three men of sin'' are
A
Alonso,Gonzalo and Antonio
B
Alonso, Antonio and Sebastian
C
Antonio,Sebastian and Gonzalo
D
Sebastian,Gonzalo and Antonio
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You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
In the first line, 'Destiny' is
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
In the first line, 'Destiny' is
A
metaphor
B
personification
C
allusion
D
euphemism
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You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The speaker immediately
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
The speaker immediately
A
reports them to Prospero
B
makes them repent
C
drives them away
D
makes them go mad temporarily
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You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
A character in the scene whom Prospero admires is
You are three men of sin, whom Destiny -
That hath to instrument this lower world
And what is in't - the never-surfeited sea
Hath caused to belch up you; and on this island,
Where man doth not inhabit - you 'mongst men
Being most unfit to live.
(Act 111, scene three lines 53-58)
A character in the scene whom Prospero admires is
A
Ferdinand
B
Gonzalo
C
Adrian
D
Francisco
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Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The speaker is
Look thou be true. Do not give dalliance
Took much the rein. The strongest oaths are straw
To the fire i' the blood. Be more abstemious.
Or else, good night your vow!
(Act IV, scene one lines 51-54)
The speaker is
A
Alonso
B
Prospero
C
Gonzalo
D
Ferdinand
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