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

A literary work which is intended to teach a moral lesson is ....
1. romantic
2. didactic
3. mimetic
4. moralistic
A short account of an interesting event is
1. a tale
2. an anecdote
3. an episode
4. a story
He he a citizen of no mean city ilustrates
1. bathos
2. euphemism
3. metonymy
4. litotes
The introductory part of a play, a novel or a poem is ...
1. epilogue
2. plot
3. setting
4. prologue
An elegy is a poem of .....
1. mourning
2. complaint
3. hope
4. joy
The trees bowed their heads in shame illustrates ....
1. personification
2. alliteration
3. assonance
4. paradox
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
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
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
Milton! Thou should’st be living at this hour The literary device used in the line above is A. B. C. D, ..
1. aside
2. apostrophe
3. soliloquy
4. suspense
Here lie I, Martin Eliginbrodde Have mercy on my soul, Lord God. The extract above illustrates .....
1. epitaph
2. elegy
3. ballad
4. dirge
We live to die. we die to live is an example of ....
1. paradox
2. hyperbole
3. inversion
4. oxymoron
The poem is about a/an ...
1. flower
2. Old woman
3. little child
4. traveler
The persona’s mood is one of ....
1. anger
2. admiration
3. indifference
4. joy
The rhyme pattern is ......
1. abc abc
2. cc bb cc
3. ab ab cc
4. aa bc bc
A play in which characters act through gestures and facial expressions is a ......
1. pantomime
2. burlesque
3. farce
4. melodrama
Characterization refers to......
1. how characters are grouped
2. the reader’s opinion of the characters
3. how characters are depicted
4. the roles played by the characters
In a literary work, the foil is one who......
1. complements another character
2. contrasts with another character
3. introduces the conflict
4. resolves the conflict
Dramatis personae refers to .....
1. audience
2. characters
3. chorus
4. cast
A literary device used to enhance sound effect in poetry is ......
1. imagery
2. alliteration
3. refrain
4. symbol

Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

Mark lies sleepless, his supine eyes rolling as he counts the rafters ~ ver- tically, horizontally, diagonally over and over. There is continual rumbling in his belly Lying so still, whom can he blame nowIsn’t it his own fault to be like this? Three months ago, Atonge and Agbenya said they were Jeaving town because “things have become too hard,” as they put it. They asked Mark to come along. He declined saying that he would have to prepare. Of course, he simply coutd not go — d had a pact with Akwele who sells ken- key downtown: ncither could leave town without the other. At the time Mark’s friends were ready, Akwelc had travelled to Accra and would, un- known to anyone, not retun in a hurry. This is why Mark is lying dejected on his bed, a hungry man. Anyhow, he is not an angry man.

. supine eyes...ilustrates
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Rumbling as used in the 1st paragraph is A, Onomatopoeic B. Metaphoric C. ironic D. alliterative
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
The dominant theme is A. unrequited love B. loss of opportunity C. lack of trust D. insatiable hunger......
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
The narrative technique is A. third per- son B. first person C. interior — monologue D, multiple narration
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
The writer's attitude is one of A. anger B. indifference C. sympathy D. mockery .
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
The stanzas are written in A.
1. quintets
2. quatrains
3. sestets
4. tercets
The recurrent device used is
1. synecdoche
2. paradox
3. metonymy
4. paradox
The mood of the poet is
1. derisive
2. ecstatic
3. ecstatic
4. melancholic
The opening lines of the stanza are
1. trochaic
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
The first stanza rhymes
1. ab ac
2. ab ab.
3. abcb
4. abba

Section B

Answer all questions in this section

The speaker is
1. Gratiano
2. Duke
3. Lodovico
4. Montano
The speech is directly addressed to A, B. C. p.
1. Cassio
2. Brabantio
3. Othello
4. 2nd Senator
The specch is about A. B,
1. Brabantio’s complain about Othello Othello’s Joss of his handkerchief
2. . Brabantio’s loss of his daughter
3. the fight between Cassio and Roderigo
By the speech, the speaker attempts to A B. C. D. -
1. . instigate the addressee
2. console the addressee
3. prevent war
4. settle a fight
The underlined expression means A. B. C. D.
1. one is bound to lose something in life
2. keep smiling even when being robbed
3. it is useful not to bemoan one’s loss
4. the thief loses either way
The speaker arid the addressee are A B. C. . -
1. Lodovico and Roderigo
2. Clown and Lodovico
3. Iago and Roderigo
4. Iago and Clown
What binds the speaker and the at addressee together is their? A. B. D.
1. Hatred for Othello
2. Fear of Cassio
3. Fear of Duke
4. Hatred for Brabantio
The addressee is enjoined to Go, make money for ; A. B. C. D.
1. wooing Desdemona
2. enriching Iago
3. Placating Brabantio
4. rewarding Bianca
The underlined expression means _ A. B. C. D,
1. you have your way by making him angry
2. you gain by making hiswilll cheat on him
3. you will not be delighted at the result
4. you will have succeeded in seducing her
The speaker’s attitude towards the addressee is one of
1. spite
2. envy
3. friendliness
4. intolerance
The speaker is
1. Othello
2. Gratiano
3. Iago
4. Cassio
The setting is
1. a street in front of the citadel
2. a street
3. the citadel
4. Desdemona's chamber
The speaker is addressing
1. Duke and others
2. Emilia
3. the senate
4. Lodovico and other
Question 44
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 45
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 46
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 47
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 48
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 49
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 50
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d