2012 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 story which explains a natural phenomenon is
1. legend
2. patable
3. myth
4. fiction
A narrative in Which characters and events are invented is
1. fiction
2. epistolary
3. autobiography
4. biography
Lines and stanzas arc to poetry as action and dialogue are to
1. music
2. prose
3. fiction
4. drama
The performers in a play constitute the
1. chorus
2. characters
3. audience
4. east Use the following lines to answer question5 and 6. Truth may bend but will never break. It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.
The alliteration in the first line
1. draws attention to the key ideas
2. draws attention to the rhythm of the line.
3. makes the idea sound trier.
4. makes the line sound more pleasant
The simile in the second line
1. expresses the idol more vividly.
2. tells one that oil is heavier than water.
3. makes a comparison between oil and water.
4. expresses the idea in a complex manner.
The types of literary work are
1. eras.
2. episodes
3. genres.
4. cantos.
The choice of words to create special effects is called
1. fallacy.
2. atmosphere.
3. diction.
4. mood
A long narrative chronicling a family's heroic deeds is a/an
1. opera.
2. epistle.
3. fable.
4. saga
“Those that I fight do not hate, Those that I guard I do not love”. The above lines illustrate
1. paradox
2. euphemism.
3. personification.
4. metonymy.
________ in drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation. Which is known to the audience.
1. Verbal irony
2. Dramatic irony
3. Satire
4. Parody
The use of dialogue creates a/an effect.
1. humorous
2. poetic
3. ironic
4. dramatic
One of the following is not a form of Poetry.
1. Sonnet
2. Ode
3. Suspense
4. Lyric Read the following line and answer questions 14- 16. But since, alas! frail beauty must decay, Curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray; Since painted or unpainted; ’all shall shade.
A figure device used in the first line
1. paradox
2. btetes
3. hyperbole
4. metaphor
The device used in the second and third haes is
1. antitheses
2. pun
3. onomatopoeia
4. euphemism
The use of the word since illustrates
1. alliteration
2. repetition
3. assonance
4. consonance
Identify the odd item
1. Poetry
2. Prose
3. Melodrama
4. Drama
The clash of interest that originates from opposing forces in Literature is
1. climax
2. denouncement
3. conflict
4. aside
A major character whose flaws combine with external forces that lead to his downfall is a
1. flat character
2. round character
3. romantic hero
4. tragic hero
Which of the following is not a drama?
1. Burlesque
2. Resolution
3. Pantomim
4. Opera

Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

wonder how long, you awful parasite

Shall share with me this little bed,

And make me, from sweet dreams

be lost

By sucking blood from my poor head.

I should but say man has much

Blood, which you and your families do feed

on; for supper, dinner and lunch,

And besides, you do in my bed

breed.

Clever thou art, tiny creature

You attend me when I am deep

asleep;

When thou art sure, I can’t you

capture,

Just as the time | snore deep. “Tis so strange that before twilight,

“Tis so strange that before twilight,

The bed clear of you would seem

For not one of you 1s in my sight

As if your presence was In a dream.

The poem is about a
1. nightmare
2. dream
3. raid of bugs
4. raid of mosquitoes
The poem is generally made up of
1. rhyming couplets
2. heroic couplets
3. end-stopped lines
4. renominees
The poem is a/an
1. monologue
2. dialogue
3. epilogue
4. prologue
The poet's mood is one of
1. sarcasm
2. indifference
3. joy
4. despair
The dominant attitude of the poet is one of
1. amazement
2. pity
3. regret
4. nonchalant Read the passage questions 26 - 30.The bright sun continued to smile Andrew's face beamed with pleasure with every passing moment Very few of his contemporaries have so succeeded in reaching the top of the ladder A drew in particular the Pen an orphan of storm. His father’s death during his third year in the secondary school coupled with the physical misfortune which he suffered when a stock fish machine severed his left middle finger, constituted a serious setback but Andrew did not despair. The courage to fail is very cheap, every fool can afford to fail. But it raises one above the herd of cowards and never-do-wells to be up and struggling. The reward of forbearance in the end is resounding success. And so, it was for Andrew ever since he finished his university education; it had been success galore. He had got a good job in one of the country’s insurance companies. His pay was good. His prospects seemed bright seemed bright. The habitual Thomases in is family "found it very hard to believe. At forty he had a good car and had already built a house of his own. The world was at his feet.
Orphan of storm” implies that Andrew
1. had a good life.
2. was orphaned at birth.
3. had a difficult early life.
4. was not afraid of storms
The passage is an example of a’an
1. autobiography.
2. expository passage.
3. descriptive passage.
4. biography.
The mood of the extract is one of
1. love.
2. admiration.
3. hatred.
4. resignation.
The world was at its feet implies that Andrew
1. was loving.
2. was standing on the world.
3. was arrogant.
4. achieved result easily
“habitual Thomases” is an example of an
1. allegory
2. Epherism
3. allusion
4. apostrophe

Section B

Answer all questions in this section

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: the Tempest

Read the extract and answer questions 31-35.

P: Mark has condition, and the event;

then tell r

If this might be a brother.

Q: I should sin

To think but nobly of my grandmother:

Good wombs have borne bad sons.

(Act 1, Scene Two, lines 116 - 120)

Speaker P is
1. Alonso.
2. Antonio.
3. Ferdinand
4. Prospero.
Speaker Q is
1. Miranda.
2. Prospero
3. Sebastian
4. Caliban.
The dialogue recalls
1. their exile to the island.
2. the killing of the king.
3. their love affairs
4. the grandmother's death.
Speaker wants hiss partner to
1. pity his condition
2. fight his brother
3. justify his action.
4. love him.
The speakers are
1. grandfather and son.
2. lovers.
3. father and daughter.
4. friends. Read the extract and answer questions 36 - 40.At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer. What I desire to give; and much less take What I shall die to want. But this is trifling And all the more it seeks to hide itself, The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning! And prompt me, plain and holy innocence (Act 1, Scene One, lines 78 - 83)
The speaker is
1. Ferdinand.
2. Stephano.
3. Miranda.
4. Prospero.
The character addressed is
1. Prospero.
2. Ferdinand.
3. Alonso.
4. Juno.
The speaker is expressing
1. sings.
2. dances.
3. kneels.
4. weeps.
After this speech, the character addressed
1. love.
2. hatred.
3. Sorrow.
4. regret.
The character who secretly watches and listens is
1. Trinculo.
2. Stephano.
3. Caliban.
4. Prospero Read the extract and answer questions 41-45.M: No, as I am a man. N: There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple. If the ill spirit have so fair a house Good things will strive to dwell with’t. (Act I, Scene Two, lines 459-462)
The speakers are
1. arguing.
2. in prison.
3. dancing.
4. in love.
Speaker N
1. Sattracted to the temple.
2. admires speaker M.
3. dislikes the spirit in the house
4. dwells in the temple.
Speaker M means to
1. defend himself.
2. kill himself.
3. escape from prison.
4. dine with N.
The other character present is
1. Alonso
2. Caliban.
3. Prospero.
4. Antonio.
Speaker M is a
1. prince
2. traitor.
3. king.
4. sailor. Read the extract and answer questions 46- 56X: Come on then; down, and swear. Y: I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster. A most scurvy monster! I could find in my heart to beat him X: come, kiss (Act 11, Scene Two, fines 139- 1463)
Speaker X is A
1. Stephano
2. Ferdinand
3. Miranda.
4. Caliban.
Speaker Y is
1. Prospero
2. Gonzalo
3. Trinculo.
4. Caliban.
Another character present is
1. Francisco.
2. Sebastian.
3. Adriaan.
4. Caliban.
Speaker Y is a
1. monster.
2. musician.
3. sea captain.
4. jester.
The setting is
1. in front of Prospero’s cell.
2. on a ship.
3. on the seashore.
4. another part of the island.