2016 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. ……. refers to the structure of a Work of art.
    1. Form
    2. Plot
    3. Setting
    4. Style
  2. Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with
    1. climax
    2. episode
    3. exposition
    4. revolution
  3. The character assumed by the author in his writing is
    1. protagonist
    2. chores
    3. persona
    4. pseudonym
  4. Oral literature is part of
    1. drama
    2. folklore
    3. poetry
    4. music
  5. Poetry is written
    1. chapters
    2. paragraphs
    3. scenes
    4. lines
  6. soliloquy is a ........ technique
    1. descriptive
    2. dramatic
    3. narrative
    4. poetic
  7. The ....... produces comic relief in drama
    1. chorus
    2. protagonist
    3. antagonist
    4. clown
  8. A short play is also called a
    1. farce
    2. novelette
    3. playlet
    4. slapstick Read the stanza and answer questions 9 to 11. For days I wept and felt depressed The one and all I loved had left But then on me our Bill impressed “Your love is where she looks bereft’
  9. The rhyme scheme is
    1. abab
    2. aaba
    3. abcc
    4. abbc
  10. The lines are iambic
    1. pentameter
    2. tri meter
    3. tetrameter
    4. hexameter
  11. The lines constitutes
    1. an epic
    2. quatrain
    3. an ode
    4. sestet
  12. “The sun smiled gently on the scene illustrates
    1. paradox
    2. euphemism
    3. hyperbole
    4. personification
  13. The major part of the Petrarchan sonnet is the
    1. quintet
    2. sestet
    3. terete
    4. octave
  14. A poem that celebrates an object, person or event is
    1. sonnet
    2. a dirge
    3. an ode
    4. a ballad
  15. That it will rain is not unlikely illustrates the use of
    1. irony
    2. litotes
    3. metaphor
    4. metonymy
  16. An... is an indirect and usually unfavorable remark.
    1. allusion
    2. irony
    3. aside
    4. innuendo
  17. “Many hands make light work’ illustrates
    1. zeugma
    2. hyperbole
    3. metonymy
    4. synecdoche
  18. Through....the ills of society are criticized with the objective of having them corrected.
    1. dramatic irony
    2. comic relief
    3. satire
    4. farce Read the following lines to answer questions 19 and 20. The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped At the poor battered and weeping yacht.
  19. The dominant literary device used in the lines is
    1. simile
    2. alliteration
    3. assonance
    4. personification
  20. The picture presented is one of
    1. quiet sea
    2. dark sky
    3. stormy weather
    4. calm season
Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

He was under the siege of three union executive members, There was the Secretary standing ever him; there was the Treasurer puffing away at a cigarette, there was the Organiz- cr Lounging near the door, a deadpan look plastered on cach of their faces like a death mask. Incredulous, he sat in a pensive mood. How could the others do such a thing? His discontent tumed to silent anger that simmered. “T think iis not right,” he said, just managing not to explode from his growing anger. “you sign that sheet, Mr. President,” ordered the secretary in a barely au- dible but stern voice. “Why are you doing this?” he asked, his voice not giving any int of the boiling cauldron of screaming anger|3 in his chest. “will you sign, Mr. President?” “All right,” he said, now seething;3 amiably. He took his pen, picked up the sheet of paper and looked over the signatures. Then he proceeded to tear up the paper — into shreds.

  1. The attitude of the writer towards the president is one of a
    1. contempt
    2. dis-dain
    3. disinterest
    4. disapproval
  2. The prevailing atmosphere is
    1. tense
    2. sad
    3. cordial
    4. warm
  3. The expression "plastered on each of their faces like death mask illustrates"
    1. alliteration and metaphor.
    2. simile and personification.
    3. personification and alliteration.
    4. metaphor and simile.
  4. "...... screaming anger" is an example of a
    1. allusion
    2. personification
    3. simile
    4. euphemism
  5. The last paragraph illustrates
    1. fore shadow
    2. pathos
    3. bathos
    4. elimax Read the poem and answer questions 26 to 30. We have come to the crossroads and must either leave or come with you I lingered over the choice But in the darkness of my doubts You lifted the lamp of love And I saw in your face The road that I should take.
  6. The theme of the poem is
    1. indecision
    2. separation
    3. rejected love
    4. requited love
  7. The speaker is
    1. decisive
    2. frustrated
    3. disappointed
    4. angry
  8. The dominants literary device used in the poem is
    1. paradox
    2. parody
    3. metaphor
    4. oxymoron
  9. The mood of the poem is
    1. jubilant
    2. sad
    3. gloomy
    4. romantic
  10. The poem can be described as
    1. an epitaph
    2. a lyric
    3. a lullaby
    4. an elegy

Section B

Answer all questions in this section

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello

Read the extract and answer questions 31 to 35

So opposite to marriage that she shunned;

The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation,

Would ever have, Incur a general mock,

Run from her guard age to the sooty bosom

Of such a thing as thou to fear, no! to delight? (Act I, Scene Two, lines 66 -70)

  1. The speaker is
    1. Othello
    2. Duke
    3. Brabantio
    4. Lago
  2. The speaker is addressing
    1. Cassio
    2. Brabantio
    3. Roderigo
    4. Othello
  3. “Sooty bosom” is a metaphor for
    1. black coat
    2. Othello
    3. a breastplate
    4. Lago
  4. “Run from her guard age” refers to
    1. Emilia
    2. Desdemona
    3. Bianca
    4. Cassio's mistress
  5. The setting is
    1. another street outside the sagittary
    2. a council chamber
    3. a seaport in Cyprus
    4. the citadel Read the extract and answer questions 36 to 40 For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In complement extern, ‘this not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For dews to peck at (Act 1, Scene One, lines 58 - 62)
  6. The speaker is
    1. Brabantio
    2. Cassio
    3. Gratiano
    4. Lago
  7. The addressee is
    1. Othello
    2. Duke
    3. Roderigo
    4. Montano
  8. What has happened to the speaker?
    1. He has been fined
    2. He has fallen out of favor
    3. He has been denied promotion
    4. He has lost his job
  9. The underlined expression shows that the speaker is
    1. jovial
    2. insincere
    3. polite
    4. unfriendly
  10. The setting is
    1. a street in Venice
    2. a street in Cyprus
    3. outside the citadel
    4. a court before the citadel Read the extract and answer questions 41 to 45 Work on, My medicine works! Thus credulous fools are caught, And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord! My lord, I say! (Act IV, Scene One, lines 45 ~49)
  11. The speaker is
    1. Othello
    2. Lago
    3. Lodovico
    4. Bianca
  12. The speaker is addressing
    1. Cassio
    2. Duke
    3. herself
    4. himself
  13. Just before the speech
    1. Othello falls into a trance
    2. Bianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio
    3. Montano fights with Cassio
    4. Roderigo is killed
  14. "medicine" in the extracts refers to the speaker's
    1. hatred
    2. passion
    3. lies
    4. loyalty
  15. The character that enters immediately after is
    1. Lago
    2. Emilia
    3. Othello
    4. Cassio Read the extract and answer questions, 46 to 50 I am glad I have found this napkin: This was her first remembrance from, the Moor. My wayward husband hath a hundred times Wooed me to steal it: but she so loves the token (For he conjured her she should ever keep it) That she reserves it ever more about her , To kiss and talk to. (Act III. Scene Three, lines 289 295)
  16. The speaker is
    1. Bianca
    2. Emilia
    3. Clown
    4. Desdemona
  17. The characters that just left the scene are
    1. Othello and Lago
    2. Montano and Cassio
    3. Othello and Desdemona
    4. Gratiano and Desdemona
  18. She in the extract refers to
    1. Bianca
    2. Desdemona
    3. Emilia
    4. Musician
  19. “My wayward husband’ refers to
    1. Othello
    2. Lago
    3. Cassio
    4. Roderigo
  20. In the extract “this napkin” is “the token” of love between
    1. Lago and Emilia
    2. Cassio and Desdemona
    3. Bianca and Cassio
    4. Desdemona and Othello

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 AMMA DARKO: Faceless

  1. Discuss the relationship between Nii Kpakpo and Maa Tsuru in the novel
  2. Examine the significance of Vick and Kabria’s visit to the police station BAYO ADEWALE: Lonely Days
  3. Discuss the theme of loneliness in the novel
  4. Comment on the writer’s narrative style in the novel

Section B - Non-African Prose

Answer one question only from this section RICHARD WRIGHT: Native Son

  1. Consider the view that it is the society that makes Bigger a murderer in the novel
  2. What is Max’s attitude towards racial relations in the novel?

Literature-In-English 3 - Drama and Poetry

Develop not fewer than five points in your answers.

Section A - African Drama

DELE CHARLEY : The blood of a stranger

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Consider the view that the play exposes the colonialist exploitation of Africa.
  2. Examine the role of Kindo as a warlord in the play FRANK OGODO OGECHE: Harvest of Corruption
  3. Comment on Alobo as a victim of circumstance in the play
  4. Discuss the role of chie Maladu Ade-Amaka in the play

Section B - Non-African Drama

LORRAINE HANSBERRY: A Raisin in the Sun

Answer one question only from this section

  1. What impression do you form of Mama’s character in the play?
  2. Consider the importance of the check in the play OLIVER GODSMITH: She Stoops to Conquer
  3. Examine the use of dramatic irony in the play
  4. Assess the character of Mrs. Hardcastle in the play

Section A - African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Discuss the clash of cultures in Okara’s “Piano and Drums”
  2. Examine the persona’s view of ageing in " The panic of growing older"

Section B - Non-African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Comment on the poet’s attitude to nature in Frost's “Birches”.
  2. Examine the theme of beauty in the Poem “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
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