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. trimeter
    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.

21. The attitude of the writer towards the president is one of a
    1. contempt
    2. dis-dain
    3. disinterest
    4. disapproval
22. The prevailing atmosphere is
    1. tense
    2. sad
    3. cordial
    4. warm
23. 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.
24. "...... screaming anger" is an example of a
    1. allusion
    2. personification
    3. simile
    4. euphemism
25. 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.
26. The theme of the poem is
    1. indecision
    2. separation
    3. rejected love
    4. requited love
27. The speaker is
    1. decisive
    2. frustrated
    3. disappointed
    4. angry
28. The dominants literary device used in the poem is
    1. paradox
    2. parody
    3. metaphor
    4. oxymoron
29. The mood of the poem is
    1. jubilant
    2. sad
    3. gloomy
    4. romantic
30. 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 guardage to the sooty bosom

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

31. The speaker is
    1. Othello
    2. Duke
    3. Brabantio
    4. Lago
32. The speaker is addressing
    1. Cassio
    2. Brabantio
    3. Roderigo
    4. Othello
33. “Sooty bosom” is a metaphor for
    1. black coat
    2. Othello
    3. a breastplate
    4. Lago
34. “Run from her guard age” refers to
    1. Emilia
    2. Desdemona
    3. Bianca
    4. Cassio's mistress
35. The setting is
    1. another street outside the sagittary
    2. a council chamber
    3. a seaport in Cyprus
    4. the citadel
36. Question 36
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
37. Question 37
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
38. Question 38
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
39. Question 39
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
40. Question 40
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
41. Question 41
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
42. Question 42
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
43. Question 43
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
44. Question 44
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
45. Question 45
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
46. Question 46
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
47. Question 47
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
48. Question 48
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
49. Question 49
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
50. Question 50
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d

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

1. Question 1
2. Question 2
3. Question 3
4. Question 4

Section B - Non-African Prose

Answer one question only from this section

5. Question 5
6. Question 6
7. Question 7
8. Question 8

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

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

Section A - African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

9. Discuss the clash of cultures in Okara’s “Piano and Drums”
10. 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

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