Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2016

The lines are iambic

Apentameter
Btrimeter
Ctetrameter
Dhexameter
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Question 22
waec 2016

The rhyme scheme is

Aabab
Baaba
Cabcc
Dabbc
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Question 23
waec 2016
A short play is also called a
Afarce
Bnovelette
Cplaylet
Dslapstick
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Question 24
waec 2016
The ....... produces comic relief in drama
Achorus
Bprotagonist
Cantagonist
Dclown
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Question 25
waec 2016

Poetry is written in

Achapters
Blines
Cparagraphs
Dscenes
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Question 26
waec 2016
Poetry is written in
Achapters
Bparagraphs
Cscenes
Dlines
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Question 27
waec 2016
Oral literature is part of
Adrama
Bfolklore
Cpoetry
Dmusic
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Question 28
waec 2016
The character assumed by the author in his writing is
Aprotagonist
Bchorus
Cpersona
Dpseudonym
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Question 29
waec 2016

Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with

Aclimax
Bepisode
Cexposition
Dresolution
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Question 30
waec 2016

...... refers to the structure of a work of art.

Aform
BPlot
CSetting
DStyle
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Question 31
jamb 2016
'I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'


Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is
Ametaphor
Bsimile
Cpersonification
Dhyperbole
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Question 32
jamb 2016
He is a faithful liar

The line above is an example of
Aepigram
Boxymoron
Ceuphemism
Dantithesis
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Question 33
jamb 2016

'He says
The medicine gourds are filthy,
And the herb
Are drunk from unhygienic cups'


Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino

The poet in the lines is saying that

Athe speaker is very hygienic
Bthe person referred to takes Western medicine
Cherbal medicine is dangerous
Dthe speaker prefers Western medicine
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Question 34
jamb 2016

No. no! Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall.
The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'


O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.

The speaker in the passage is

Areckless
Binsane
Ca coward
Da hero
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Question 35
jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

'I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it',
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.'.


William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of

Alitotes
Bmetonymy
Cassonance
Dmetaphor
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Question 36
jamb 2016
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

Oh incomprehensible God!
Shall my pilot be
My inborn stars to that
Final call to thee...


The literary device used in the first line is
Aapostrophe
Bburleques
Crehetoric question
Dpassion
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Question 37
jamb 2016
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said.' I went to school only a little, but I have killed many more years in this world than you have.'
G.Okara: The Voice.

It can be inferred from the passage above that the
Alistener is wise
Bspeaker is a porter
Clistener is more experienced
Dspeaker is more experienced
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Question 38
jamb 2016
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


Weep not child, weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall no long be victorious
They shall no longer possess the sky....
The speaker of the lines is
Aoptimistic
Bcarefree
Chelpless
Dpessimistic
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Question 39
jamb 2016

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.


Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is

Ahyperbole
Beuphemism
Clitotes
Dinnuendo
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Question 40
jamb 2016
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.

'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'

Wole Soyinka: Night.

The line above suggest that women are
Acovetous
Bdogmatic
Cseers
Dmagicians
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