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WAEC Literature in English 2017 Objective — Question 46

Question 46 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2017 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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46. [Read the extract from Act V, Scene Two, lines 97-100: 'Speaker: My wife! My wife! What wife? I have not wife. O, insupportable! O heavy hour! Methinks it should be now a huge eclipse of sun and moon, and that th' affrighted globe Should yawn at alteration.' and answer questions 46 to 50] The speaker is

  • A. A. IagoCorrect
  • B. B. Othello
  • C. C. Brabantio
  • D. D. Duke

Explanation

Note: this extract is spoken by Othello himself in reaction to the discovery of Desdemona's death, in the immediate aftermath of smothering her - however per the given answer key, the speaker as intended in this extract is identified as option A.

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