2011 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

The protagonist is the
1. author
2. villain
3. hero
4. speaker
As chapter is to prose, so is to poetry
1. couplet
2. stanza
3. line
4. chorus
Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage
1. says the opposite of what the speaker means
2. is misunderstood
3. tries to deceive the audience
4. is alone
A humorous scene in a play intents to ease tension is
1. climax
2. tragicomedy
3. comedy
4. comic relief
A dead metaphor is one that is
1. overused and ineffective
2. extended in meaning
3. implied
4. mixed
My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep is an example of
1. hyperbole.
2. litotes.
3. euphemism.
4. paradox. Rhyme.
Through the trees I'll hear a single, ringing sound, a cowbell jingle. The underlined illustrate
1. end
2. decasyllabic
3. internal
4. dimeter
A literary work is a satire when it
1. finds fault.
2. humorously criticizes to improve a situation.
3. Provokes laughter.
4. teaches a lesson for social improvement.
Foreshadowing is a device used to
1. prepare the reader for the direction a plot will take.
2. introduces the plot.
3. shed light on events through background information.
4. recall the past
A mountain of fufu was placed before the hungry visitors. The device used above is
1. hyperbole.
2. euphemism
3. alliteration
4. assonance
The pattern of beats to denote movement in poetry is
1. refrain
2. metre
3. rhyme
4. scansion
The extract is an example of a/an
1. dirge.
2. epigram.
3. oxymoron.
4. parody
The tone of the extract is one of
1. anger
2. pity
3. sarcasm
4. indifference
A poem whose shape resembles the object described is a/an
1. emblematic poem
2. romantic poem
3. elegy
4. sonnet
The omniscient narrator is
1. all knowing.
2. limited.
3. realistic.
4. always humorous.
Which of the following does not define a character?
1. The way the character appears.
2. What the character says.
3. What others say about the character.
4. What the character does.
A bard is a
1. novelist
2. playwright
3. poet
4. narrator
A literacy work that vividly portrays life can be described as
1. realistic
2. romantic
3. idealistic
4. sarcastic
Which of the following is not a type of play?
1. Tragedy
2. Tragic flaw
3. Comedy
4. Tragi-comedy
The attitude of an author towards the subject matter is
1. theme
2. tone
3. style
4. setting

Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

Each profession, intellectual or manual, deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical or manual dexterity, wide knowledge of the of an ant. Ours, like that of the doctor, does not allow for any mistake.

You don’t joke with life, and life is both body and mind. To warp a soul is as much a sacrilege as murder. Teachers at kindergarten level, as at university level-form a noble army accomplishing daily feats, never praised, never decorated. An army forever on the move, forever vigilant an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms. This army, thwarting traps and shares, everywhere plants the flag of knowledge and morality.

The writer's mood is that of
1. excitement
2. optimism
3. indifference
4. frustration
The writer of the passage is a
1. doctor
2. soldier
3. teacher
4. student.
The dominant image in the passage is that of
1. soldiery.
2. medicine.
3. religion.
4. education.
The underlined illustrates
1. antithesis.
2. allusion.
3. parallelism.
4. parody.
“The flag of knowledge and morality” illustrates
1. euphemism.
2. litotes.
3. metaphor.
4. metonymy.

Read the poem and answer questions 26-30.

Here stood our ancestral home

The crumbling wall marks the spot

Here a sheep was led to the slaughter

To appease the gods and atone

For faults which our destiny

Has blossomed into crimes

There my cursed father once stood

And shouted to us, his children

To come back from our play

To our evening meal and sleep.

The mood of the poem is
1. hopeful.
2. joyful.
3. nostalgic.
4. exciting.
The sheep was led to the slaughter
1. to prepare their evening meal.
2. because it was a troublesome sheep.
3. because their father was a butcher.
4. as a sacrifice to their gods.
“To appease the gods..” implies
1. seeking the favour of the gods.
2. offering meals to the gods.
3. accusing the gods for their misfortune.
4. reciting incantations to the gods.
The underlined means that
1. they were living in a house with a high wall.
2. their building is no longer where it used to be.
3. the children had caused the wall to crumble.
4. their father made them pull down the wall.
The image used in line six is taken from
1. war.
2. the moon.
3. flowers.
4. prison.

Section B

WILLIAM SHAKESPARE: The Tempest

Read the extract and answer question 31 - 35

Be not afraid; the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twanging instruments Will hum about mine ears; and sometime voices, That, if I then had waked after long sleep, Will make me sleep again. And then, in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and show riches Ready to drop upon me, that, when I waked, I cried to dream again

(Act II, Scene Two, lines 132 140)

The speaker is
1. Ferdinand
2. Gonzalo
3. Alonso
4. Caliban.
The character addressed is
1. Horatio
2. Caliban
3. Stephano
4. Ferdinand
The speaker is a
1. carnivore
2. savage
3. sailor
4. devourer
What are ‘noises’ in the extract?
1. shouting
2. clapping
3. thunder
4. music.
Another character present is
1. Trinculo
2. Ferdinand
3. Miranda
4. Prospero.

Read the extract and answer questions 36-40.

Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were boys, Who would believe that there were mountaineers? Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at 'em Wallets of flesh? or that there were such men Whose heads stood in their breasts? which now we find Each putter-out of five for one will bring us Good warrant of.

(Act I, Scene Three, lines 44-49)

The speaker is
1. Gonzalo.
2. Stephano.
3. Ferdinand.
4. Celiban.
The character addressed is
1. Sebastian.
2. Ferdinand.
3. Gonzalo.
4. Alonso.
In the extract a ______ is laid before them.
1. problem
2. banquet
3. bed
4. gift
“Dew-lapped like bulls” refers to the
1. mountaineers.
2. people of the land.
3. savages.
4. shipwreck.
What happens to the spirits?
1. They are killed.
2. They stay on.
3. They serve Prospero.
4. They disappear.

Read the extract and answer questions 41-45.

Tell me, heavenly bow, If Venus or her son, as thou dost know, Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot The means that dusky Dis my daughter got, Her and her blind boy's scandal led company I have forsworn.

(Act IV, Scene One, lines 86-91)

The speaker is
1. Ferdinand.
2. Miranda.
3. Ceres.
4. Iris.
The character addressed is
1. Caliban.
2. Iris.
3. Ceres.
4. Venus.
The purpose of the gathering is to
1. settle a dispute between Prospero and his brother.
2. punish Miranda for Running away with Stephano.
3. set Ariel free from his burden.
4. celebrate the betrothal of Ferdinand and Miranda.
The speaker is a
1. sailor.
2. king.
3. spirit.
4. man.
The ‘heavenly bow" refers to
1. Ceres
2. Iris
3. Ariel
4. Juno

Read the extract and answer questions 46-50

... The Duke of Milan And his more braver daughter could control thee, if now't were fit to dot At the firs sight They have changed eyes Delicate Ariel. I'll set thee tree for this!

(Act I. Scene Two, lines 441-445)

What does “they have changed eyes” means
1. They have exchanged look at each other
2. They have met
3. no option
4. no option
The speaker is
1. Miranda
2. Ferdinand
3. Prospero
4. Caliban
“Thee” in tine two refers to
1. Prospero
2. Sebastian
3. Ferdinand
4. Antonio
“They” in the extract refers to
1. Prospero and Ariel.
2. Prospero and Miranda.
3. Ferdinand and Miranda.
4. Ariel and Ferdinand.
The character addressed
1. Prospero
2. Miranda
3. Sebastian
4. himself.