2018 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 main character in a play or novel is the
1. protagonist
2. narrator
3. vilain
4. antagonist
A dramatic performance with only bodily movements and no speech is a
1. farce
2. mime
3. slapstick
4. burlesque
Before a play is performed it is
1. auditioned
2. applauded
3. rehearsed
4. recited
A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a
1. comedy
2. farce
3. pantomine
4. tragedy
A sonnet has a final couplet when it has
1. sestet
2. an octave
3. two sestets
4. three quatrains
He is my most beloved enemy illustrates
1. synecdoche
2. oxymoron
3. metonymy
4. litotes
The cast appears at the end of a play for the
1. musical interlude
2. curtain
3. call
4. introduction
Diction is a writer's choice of
1. style
2. syntax
3. rhythm
4. words
A poem which celebrates simple county life is
1. a pastoral
2. Option b
3. an ode
4. an epic

Read the lines and answer question 10

Oh spite 'oh hell' I see you ate all bent to set against me for your merriment

The lines illustrated
1. epitaph
2. epigram
3. apostrophe
4. allusion
Hamartia in a literary work refers to a hero's
1. tragic flaw
2. inordinate ambition
3. strength of character
4. good works

Read the line and answer question 12

Who lied in the chapel?

Now lies in the Abbey

The dominant device used is
1. paradox
2. pun
3. chiasmus
4. zeugma
A short play performed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is
1. an interlude
2. an epilogue
3. a prologue
4. an interval
'Weeping pillow' illustrates
1. dramatic monologue
2. pathetic fallacy
3. transferred epithet
4. dramatic irony
The predominant figure of speech in the extract is
1. oxymoron
2. personification
3. contrast
4. paradox
The extract is about
1. an earthquake
2. a flood
3. an explosion
4. a storm
The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of
1. antithesis
2. parallelism
3. conceit
4. climax
Beware her faintly frail health and gentile gallands around her speed illustrates
1. oxymoron
2. alliteration
3. synecdoche
4. repetition
The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the
1. quatrain
2. octave
3. octameter
4. quarlet
The metrical beat in The splendour falls on castle walls is
1. Anapaestic
2. dactylic
3. trochaic
4. iambic

Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

Jame's heart beat madly as he and Alice approached the beeping metal detector at the entrance. The oblivious swinging door hugged the couple with inviting, outstretched arms and ushered them into the lobby in genial welcome. The receptionist asked James to surrender any valuable items he had; if they got lost, management would be liable

James looked at Alice, his wife returned his guilt-stricken, dubious look with an innocent, trusting smile. What would he do if jewels went missing? How would he explain it to himself? What would he have gained by his mischief? What had come over James so shamelessly to decide to rob his own wife? The swindled woman stood innocently beside her unrepentant husband as he took the key to their room with hands the shook slightly.

The expression door hugged the couple illustrates
1. euphemism
2. personification
3. litotes
4. onomatopoeia
The narrative technique is
1. first person
2. steam of consciousness
3. third person
4. interior monologue
How would he explain it to himself?
1. hyperbole
2. parallelism
3. rhetorical question
4. thethorical question
The writer's attitude towards Ja,es is one of
1. sympathy
2. distrust
3. support
4. disapproval
The setting is
1. The couple's home
2. a modern hotel
3. the airport
4. a school
The mood of the persona is one of
1. contempt
2. hilarity
3. despondency
4. hopefulness
The theme of the poem is
1. love in the garden
2. the acceptance of love
3. the rising moon
4. unrequited love
The envy of the person's friends is expressed in the
1. avid touch
2. clipped wings
3. green and frosty eyes
4. song-filled air pocket
Line 2 is in the iambic
1. trimeter
2. tetrameter
3. pentameter
4. hexameter
The last line illustrates
1. parallelism
2. contrast
3. hyperbole
4. metaphor

Section B

Answer all questions in this section

My parts, my title, and my perfect soul Shall manifest me rightly, is it they?

Iago: By Janus, I think so

Othello: The servants of the Duke? And my Lieutenant? The goodness of the night upon you, friends What is the news?

(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 29 - 34)

Just before this, Iago advises Othello to
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 32
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 33
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 34
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 35
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d

Read the extract and answer question 36 to 40

Speaker: Let me speak like yourself and Lay a sentence

Which, as a grise or step, may help these lovers,

When remediea are past, the griefs are ended

By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended

(Act 1, Scene Three, lines 198-201)

Question 36
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 37
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 38
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 39
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 40
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 41
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 42
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
Question 43
1. Option a
2. Option b
3. Option c
4. Option d
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