Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 21
waec 2021

does it stink like rotten meat? makes use of the sense of

Ataste
Btouch
Csight
Dsmell
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Question 22
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The dominant literary device is 

Athe epithet
Bthe rhetorical question
Cverbal irony
Dparadox
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Question 23
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A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is A. myth B. legend C. motif D. fable

Amyth
Blegend
Cmotif
Dfable
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Question 24
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The chorus normally features prominently in

Apoetry
Bthe epic
Cthe novel
Ddrama
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Question 25
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A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCB, CDC is a

Acouplet
Bhaiku
Cterza rima
Dheroic couplet
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Question 26
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An inscription on a tombstone is an

Aepitaph
Bepistle
Cepigram
Dode
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Question 27
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When you are old and grey and full of sleep.

The rhythmic pattern of the above line is

Aanapestic
Bdactylic
Ctrochaic
Diambic
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Question 28
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A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is

Amotif
Ballusion
Clegend
Danecdote
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Question 29
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A pause within a line of poetry is

Aan alliteration
Ba caesura
Ca metre
Dan assonance
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Question 30
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Something a character says on stage that is meant for the audience alone is

Aan epilogue
Ba mine
Ca soliloguy
Dan aside
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Question 31
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Rhythm is achieved in Raleigh's The Soul's Errand through the use of 

AMetaphor
BAlliteration
Crepetition
DAntithesis
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Question 32
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Fletcher's Upon An Honest Man's Fortune achieves its lyrical effect through the use of

ASynecdoche
BAntithesis
Cenjambment
DBallad
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Question 33
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In Angira's Expelled, the poet persona laments the 

ALoss of his property
BHarrowing experiences from the stranger's visit
Cpresence of the strangers
DProblem of his family and their economic implications
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Question 34
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This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.

The highest measure women in the community can take to register their protest is 

Atake prostitution
Bcarry out the nude act
Cabandon their husbands
Dabandon their children
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Question 35
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This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.

The play is pre occupied with

Athe fight by women to keep their goats
Bthe evil that oil money breeds
Cwomen liberation from males domination
DWomen's protest against men's wickedness
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Question 36
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This question is based on J.P Clark's The Wives Revolt.


Characterization in the play is

Aeconomical but effecive
Beconomical and effective
Celaborate but ineffective
Delaborate and effective
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Question 37
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

After the expulsion of Snowball from the farm, the truim virate that ran the farm was composed of

AMinimus, Napoleon and Squealer 
BJesse, Napoleon and Bluebell
CBoxer, Old Major and Napoleon
DSquealer, Boxer and Napoleon
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Question 38
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

The message of the novel is that 

Acapitalism is as bad as communism
Bhumanism is better than animalism
Ccommunism is better than capitalism
Dno society exists where everyone is equal
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Question 39
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This question is based on George Orwell's Animal Farm.

Old Major ends his speech to the animals with song in order to 

 

 

Aspur them to action
Bentertain them
Cdisplay his ability to sing
Dteach them how to sing an anthem
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Question 40
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This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears.

The novel is largely set in 

AFuta Toro
BSabonville city
CAlligator city
DNuclear city
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