Literature In English Past Questions | West African Examinations Council (WAEC)

Question 41

Read the poem and answer the question Proud mothers of the coming age,

'Tis good to find you now engage

Your minds and time your lives to raise

Above the level of bygone days.'Tis good to see you play your part

With spirit and undaunted heart,

It gives young Afric's throbbing soul

A glimpse of a bright and glorious goals.God bless you, mothers of our race,

God cause to shine on you His face;

And give you strength and all you crave

To bring forth sons and daughters braveThe poet's tone is one of

Options

A) sadness

B) joy

C) condemnation

D) sarcasm

The correct answer is B.

Question 43

Read the poem and answer the question Proud mothers of the coming age,

'Tis good to find you now engage

Your minds and time your lives to raise

Above the level of bygone days.'Tis good to see you play your part

With spirit and undaunted heart,

It gives young Afric's throbbing soul

A glimpse of a bright and glorious goals.God bless you, mothers of our race,

God cause to shine on you His face;

And give you strength and all you crave

To bring forth sons and daughters brave'To bring forth sons and daughters brave" illustrates

Options

A) paradox

B) zeugma

C) inversion

D) epigram

The correct answer is C.

Question 44

Answer all the questions in this section WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest Read the extract and answer the question.Silence ! One word more

Shall make me chide thee, if not hate thee. What!

An advocate for an impostor! Hush!

(Act 1,Scene Two, lines 478 - 480)The Speaker is

Options

A) Gonzalo

B) Antonio

C) Prospero

D) Alonso

The correct answer is D.

Question 45

A dirge is a poem sung

Options

A) to send a child to sleep

B) to make workers happy

C) at a birthday party

D) at a funeral

The correct answer is D.

Question 46

In drama, the ............. creates humour

Options

A) hero

B) clown

C) villain

D) chorus

The correct answer is B.

Question 47

'Let me not love thee if I love thee not' illustrates

Options

A) metaphor

B) proverb

C) paradox

D) meiosis

The correct answer is C.

Question 48

...........is a literary device used to express unpleasant in a more acceptable manner

Options

A) Epilogue

B) Epigram

C) Euphemism

D) Eulogy

The correct answer is C.

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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the passage and the question A modest two-room hut built of mud and roofed with straw graciously sheltered the Mensahs. One of the rooms advertised itself as a living room. The kind earthenware pot willingly kept company with four ever-smilling stools. The pot eternally contained cool water for guests. The second room was a warm-hearted bedroom without a bed. The poor pair had to sleep on bare straw mats on the polished dirt floor Some overwashed rags deputised for blankets and sheets and pillows. Two strong dry logs, facing each other like bitter rivals burned themselve out at night, not merly to keep the couple warm but mainly to ward off hungry mosquitoes and other hostile pests.

There was no door to ward off the cold night air. Some rude devices, however, were contrived to keep the room quite safe from prying eyes and curious domestic animals. Would any thief be ever tempted to peep into such a rude room of such a poor pair? The write's attitude to the couple is one of

Options

A) resignation

B) indifference

C) patronage

D) praise

The correct answer is A.

Question 49

A story in which characters or actions represent abstract ideas or moral qualities is

Options

A) an epic

B) a legend

C) an allegory

D) a satire

The correct answer is C.

Question 50

The use of imagery in prose or verse

Options

A) appeals to the senses

B) develops the plot

C) creates confusion

D) obscures meaning

The correct answer is A.

Question 51

Use the line to answer the questions.

'Our leaders will not compromise freedom

Nor will our heads give up liberty.'The lines illustrate

Options

A) soliloquy

B) parallelism

C) dialogue

D) contrast

The correct answer is B.

Question 52

'heads' in the second line is an example of

Options

A) synecdoche

B) inversion

C) epithet

D) conceit

The correct answer is A.

Question 53

Use the line to answer the questions.

'Our leaders will not compromise freedom

Nor will our heads give up liberty.'A character that develops in the course of a novel or play is described as

Options

A) flat

B) antagonist

C) round

D) protagonist

The correct answer is C.

Question 54

Read the stanza and the question

Pan, O great Pan, to thee

Thus do we sing!

Thou who keep'st chaste and free

As the young spring:

Ever be thy honour spake

From that place the more is broke

To the place day doth unyokeThe rhyme scheme of the stanza is

Options

A) abcabcc

B) ababcdd

C) babacc

D) bcbccaa

The correct answer is B.

Question 55

A metrical foot in which a stressed syllable is followed by an unstressed syllable is

Options

A) iambic

B) spondaic

C) trochaic

D) dactylic

The correct answer is C.

Question 56

........... Is the location of the action of the plot

Options

A) Setting

B) Narrative technique

C) Point of view

D) Characterization

The correct answer is A.

Question 57

A ballad is essentially a ........... poem

Options

A) descriptive

B) dramatic

C) pastoral

D) narrative

The correct answer is D.

Question 58

The first four lines of the Shakespearan sonnet rhyme

Options

A) abcd

B) abba

C) abab

D) cdcd

The correct answer is B.

Question 59

In literature, repetition is used essentially for

Options

A) rhyme

B) suspense

C) allusion

D) emphasis

The correct answer is D.

Question 60

The pattern of a poem without reference to its content is referred to as the

Options

A) limerick

B) metre

C) free verse

D) form

The correct answer is D.

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