Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 11
waec 2018

The last line illustrates___________

AParallelism
BContrast
CHyperbole
DMetaphor
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Question 12
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Line 2 is in iambic___________

ATrimether
BTetrameter
CPentameter
DHexameter
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Question 13
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The envy of the persona's friends is expressed in the __________

AAvid touch
BClipped wings
CGreen and Frosty eyes
DSong-filled air pocket
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Question 14
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The theme of the poem is_______

ALove in the garden
BThe acceptance
CThe rising moon
DUnrequited Love
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Question 15
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The mood of the persona is one of___________

AContempt
BHilarity
CDespondency
DHopefulness
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Question 16
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The setting is_____________

AThe couple's home
BA modern hotel
CThe airport
DA school
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Question 17
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The writer's attitude towards James is ONE of ______

ASympathy
BDistrust
CSupport
DDisapproval
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Question 18
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How would he explain it to himself? exemplifies________

AHyperbole
BParallelism
CRhetorical question
DUnderstatement
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Question 19
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The narrative technique is___________

AFirst person
BStream of consciousness
CThird person
DInterior monologue
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Question 20
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The expression door hugged the couple illustrates_________

AEuphemism
BPersonification
CLitotes
DOnomatopoeia
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Question 21
waec 2018

The metrical beat in the The Splendor falls on castle walls is___________

AAnapaestic
BDactylic
CTrochaic
DIambic
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Question 22
waec 2018

The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________

AQuatrain
BOctave
COctameter
DQuartet
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Question 23
waec 2018

Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed  Illustrates_________

AOxymoron
BAlliteration
CSynecdoche
DRepetition
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Question 24
waec 2018

But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

 

The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________

AAntithesis
BParallelism
CConceit
DClimax
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Question 25
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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

 

The extract is about____________

AAn earthquake
BA flood
CAn explosion
DA storm
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Question 26
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But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position.
She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost

 

The predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________

AOxymoron
BPersonification
CContrast
DParadox
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Question 27
waec 2018

Weeping Willow illustrates________

ADramatic Monologue
BPathetic Fallacy
CTransferred epithet
DDramatic Irony
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Question 28
waec 2018

A short play perfomed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________-

AAn Interlude
BAn epilogue
CA prologue
DAn interval
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Question 29
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Who lied in the chapel
Now lies in the Abbey

 

 The dominant device used is___________-

AParadox
BPun
CChiasmus
DZeugma
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Question 30
waec 2018

Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero's_________

ATragic flaw
BInordinate ambition
Cstrength of character
DGood works
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