Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2007

The subject of the extract is

Achildishness
Bthe adverse effects of the rainbow on man
Cthe unchanging cycle of nature
Dthe adverse effects of old age
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Question 22
waec 2007

The rhyme scheme of the poem is

Aab cc ac
Bac bc ca
Cab ca cc
Dab ac bc
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Question 23
waec 2007

The mood of the poem is that of

Asorrow
Belation
Canxiety
Dsarcasm
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Question 24
waec 2007
Which of the following is NOT true of balled?
AThey were originally sung
BThey are mostly part of oral tradition
CTehy tell a popular story
DThey are written in iambic metre
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Question 25
waec 2007
In drama, ' denouement' is the same as
Aresolution
Bclimax
Canti-climax
Dconflict
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Question 26
waec 2007
Pick the odd item out of the options listed below
AVerse
BStanza
CRhythm
DDialogue
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Question 27
waec 2007

''They also serve who only stand and wait'' illustrates

Aan epigram
Ba synecdoche
Ca simile
Dan antithesis
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Question 28
waec 2007
A literary device which expresses meaning in its direct opposite is
Ametaphor
Bparadox
Cparody
Dirony
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Question 29
waec 2007
''She waited for him for a thousand years'' illustrates
Aeuphemism
Bhyperbole
Cassonance
Dellipsis
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Question 30
waec 2007
A bitter remark intended to wound the feelings is
Aa satire
Ban allusion
Ca sarcasm
Dan ambiguity
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Question 31
jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

How does Question Gertrude finally die?

AThrough strangulation
BBy venomed sword
Cfrom poisoned drink
Dof snake bite
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Question 32
jamb 2007

This question is based on William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

In the play, the two revenge plots revolve around

AHamlet against Polonius and Laertes against Claudius
BHamlet against Claudius and Laertes gainst Hamlet
CClaudius against Hamlet and Laertes against Gertrude
DOphelia against Hamlet and Laertes against Hamlet
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Question 33
jamb 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'' 'The white man of God is coming here for Easter! The white man of God is coming to spend Easter with us!' This was the talk everywhere in Nkar among the old and young, even among the pagans. We had been taught everything about him in advance, When he comes we should observe his beard and see if it was not forked like that of .Christ.''

Kenjo Jumban: The white man of God

From the passage, the white man of God is treated with

Aawe
Bderision
Csuspicion
Dindifference
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Question 34
jamb 2007

This question is based on Literary Appreciation

'O'let us have him, for his silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion and buy men's voices to commend our deeds it shall be said his judgement rules our hands. Our youths and wildness shall not whit appear, But all be buried in his gravity.
William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar
In the excerpt above, his silver hairs refers to

Aa judicial wig
Bmake-up
Cold age
Dwealth
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Question 35
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

Truly sir, all that I live by is with the awl: I meddle with no trademan's matters nor women's matters, but withal- I am indeed, sir,a surgeon to ild shoes. When they are in great danger, I recover them.'William Shakespeare: Julius CaesarThe speaker in the excerpt above is a
Asurgeon
Bmeddler
Ccobbler
Dtrader
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Question 36
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

Cliph...Son. Open all your ears. May Allah grant us the fortitude to accept his commands..Now the rest is my burden. I am willing to accept Allah's will in the matter.The Language of the speaker above is
Asubmissive
Binciting
Cdiplomatic
Dimploring
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Question 37
jamb 2007

This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

'Emonemua: You it is who own me, and I speak by your permission. When I came home with my husband this morning, believing my mother was ill and needed nursing, I little knew I was walking into a house of ruin.'

J.C Clark-Bekederemo: The Boat

From the excerpt above, the speaker is

Abereaved
Bhomeless
Crecovering from an illness
Da trained nurse
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Question 38
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

KATE:No shame but mine. I must, forsooth be forcedTo give my hand opposed against my heart Unto a mad-brain rudesby, full of spleen, Who wooed in haste and means to weel at leisure, I told you, I, he was a frantic fool,Hiding his bitter jests in blunt behaviourWilliam Shakespear:The Taming of the ShrewIn the excerpt above, it is clear that the speaker is
Acontented
Bindifferent
Canxious
Denthusiastic
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Question 39
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation


And the fountain of Tololo is an Oasis it quenches the thirst of travellers The myriad paces of the mind fold their wings, For here too, growth emerges from sleep; from a beginning that was the end of an era.'
Mazisi Kunene: The Ancestors and the Sacred Mountain
From the excerpt above, it can be said that the poet is being
Aparadoxical
Banttithetical
Cillogical
Dtautological
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Question 40
jamb 2007
This question is based on �Literary Appreciation

I will pronounce your name, Obi, I will declaim you, Obi!The device used in the line above is
Arepetition
Bchronological
Crefrain
Dparallelism
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