Literature in English Past Questions

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Question 691
waec 1998

The hero of the play is

AAntonio
BSebastian
CFabian
DDuke
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Question 692
waec 1998

Speaker A's object of love is

AMaria
BOlivia
CViola
DFeste
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Question 693
waec 1998

Speaker A is

ASebastian
BFabian
CDuke
DSir Andrew
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Question 694
waec 1998

The figure of speech underlined in the extract is known as

Aapostrophe
Balliteration
Cassonance
Dpersonification
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Question 695
waec 1998

Why is speaker A afraid the brother might be drowned? It is because

Athe crew was unfaithful
Bthe ship captain threw him overboard
Cthey fought with pirates
Dthey were shipwrecked
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Question 696
waec 1998

Speaker B is worried about lllyria because the lady

Ais new to lllyria
Bis not familiar with the language
Cdoes not understand the government
Dis afraid of the people
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Question 697
waec 1998

Speaker B is

ASir Toby
BSir Andrew
CCaptain
DOlivia
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Question 698
waec 1998

Speaker A is

AMaria
BOlivia
CValentine
DViola
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Question 699
waec 1998

The mood of the poet is that of

Acarelessness
Bhappiness
Cgaiety
Dhelplessness
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Question 700
waec 1998

The predominant figure of speech in stanza ll is

Aconsonance
Balliteration
Cpersonification
Depigram
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Question 701
waec 1998

The literary device used in lines 3 and 4 of stanza 1 is

Aparadox
Bantithesis
Capostrophe
Drhetorical question
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Question 702
waec 1998

The literary device used in line 1 is an example of

Aclimax
Bapostrophe
Cmetonymy
Deuphemism
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Question 703
waec 1998

The rhyme scheme of the above extract is

Aalternate
Birregular
Cfree verse
Dcouplet
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Question 704
waec 1998

The poem is a blank verse because

Athere is no rhyme
Bthere is rhyme
Cthe rhyme is alternate
Dit contains couplets
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Question 705
waec 1998

The underlined expression contains a

Asimile
Bmetaphor
Cpersonification
Dlitotes
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Question 706
waec 1998

The feeling of the poet is one of

Aanxiety
Bgaiety
Csadness
Dfrustration
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Question 707
waec 1998

The predominant literary device used in the extract is

Ahyperbole
Bepigram
Coxymoron
Dapostrophe
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Question 708
waec 1998

The poem is an example of

Aa lyric
Ba dirge
Can ode
Dan epic
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Question 709
waec 1998

The poem is an example of

Aa lyric
Ba dirge
Can ode
Dan epic
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Question 710
waec 1998

From the last sentence, it is obvious that the couple

Ais happy
Bis lonely
Cis childless
Dhas a child
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