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WAEC Literature in English 2024 Objective — Question 34

Question 34 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2024 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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34. The speaker's experience is that A.

  • A. the poor are eloquent.
  • B. even the eloquent can falter in their speech.Correct
  • C. the poor are inhibited.
  • D. even the poor can be tongue-tied.

Explanation

Theseus' experience is that even the eloquent can falter in their speech, as seen in how great clerks (scholars) have shivered and turned pale, incorrectly pausing in the middle of their sentences before him.

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