2019 Literature-In-English WAEC SSCE (School Candidates) May/June

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Literature-In-English 1 - Objective

Section A

Answer all questions in this section

Part 1: General Knowledge of Literature
  1. A literary work which is intended to teach a moral lesson is ....
    1. romantic
    2. didactic
    3. mimetic
    4. moralistic
  2. A short account of an interesting event is
    1. a tale
    2. an anecdote
    3. an episode
    4. a story
  3. He he a citizen of no mean city ilustrates
    1. bathos
    2. euphemism
    3. metonymy
    4. litotes
  4. The introductory part of a play, a novel or a poem is ...
    1. epilogue
    2. plot
    3. setting
    4. prologue
  5. An elegy is a poem of .....
    1. mourning
    2. complaint
    3. hope
    4. joy
  6. The trees bowed their heads in shame illustrates ....
    1. personification
    2. alliteration
    3. assonance
    4. paradox
  7. A character whose actions are predictable in a literary work is
    1. a round character
    2. a flat character
    3. the hero
    4. the villain
  8. A scene in fiction enacting past events is. A. allusion B, foreshadow C. flashback D. interlude......
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  9. Poetic licence is a term applied to a poet’s A. choice of words B. choice of characters C. restrictions in the use of language D. freedom in the use of language....
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  10. Milton! Thou should’st be living at this hour The literary device used in the line above is A. aside B. apostrophe C. soliloquy D, suspense..
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  11. Here lie I, Martin Eliginbrodde Have mercy on my soul, Lord God. The extract above illustrates A. epitaph 8. elegy C. ballad D. dirge We live to die. we die to live is an example of A. paradox B. hyperbole C. inversion D. oxymoron Read the extract below.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  12. Question 12
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  13. Question 13
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  14. Question 14
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  15. Question 15
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  16. Question 16
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  17. Question 17
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  18. Question 18
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  19. Question 19
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  20. Question 20
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

**passage (please replace this text with the provided passage in the source editor with each paragraph of the passage inside a separate <p></p> tag).

  1. Question 21
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  2. Question 22
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  3. Question 23
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  4. Question 24
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  5. Question 25
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  6. Question 26
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  7. Question 27
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  8. Question 28
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  9. Question 29
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  10. Question 30
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d

Section B

Answer all questions in this section

  1. Question 31
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  2. Question 32
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  3. Question 33
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  4. Question 34
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  5. Question 35
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  6. Question 36
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  7. Question 37
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  8. Question 38
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  9. Question 39
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  10. Question 40
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  11. Question 41
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  12. Question 42
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  13. Question 43
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  14. Question 44
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  15. Question 45
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  16. Question 46
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  17. Question 47
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  18. Question 48
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  19. Question 49
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  20. Question 50
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d

Literature-In-English 2 - Prose

Answer two questions in all; one from each section.

Develop not fewer than five points in your answers.

Section A - African Prose

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 1
  2. Question 2
  3. Question 3
  4. Question 4

Section B - Non-African Prose

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 5
  2. Question 6
  3. Question 7
  4. Question 8

Literature-In-English 3 - Drama and Poetry

Develop not fewer than five points in your answers.

Section A - African Drama

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 1
  2. Question 2
  3. Question 3
  4. Question 4

Section B - Non-African Drama

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 5
  2. Question 6
  3. Question 7
  4. Question 8

Section A - African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 9
  2. Question 10

Section B - Non-African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 11
  2. Question 12
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