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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2015 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the extract and answer the uestion

Ariel: All hail, great master! Grave sir, hali ! I come
To answer the best pleasure; be't to fly,
To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride
On the curled clouds, to thy strong bidding task
Ariel and all his quality.
(Act I Scene Two, lines 189 - 193)

Ariel has 'come' because
Answer Details
Ariel has come because he has been summoned by Prospero. In the opening lines of the extract, Ariel greets Prospero and declares that he is there to fulfill whatever task Prospero desires, whether it be to fly, swim, dive into fire, or ride on the clouds. This suggests that Ariel is under Prospero's command and has come in response to his summons. Therefore, the correct option is that he has been invited by Prospero.
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