2022 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. A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major characters is A. epistolary. B. gothic. C. historical. D. sociological.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  2. The literary term describing individuals in a work of literature is A. character. B. protagonist. C. narrator. D. villain..
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  3. Several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp illustrates A. antithesis. B. euphemism. C. litotes. D synecdoche.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  4. A short play performed between the acts of a bigger play for entertainment is A, an in media res. B. an interlude. C. an incantation. D. a deus-ex-machina.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  5. In literature, the two components of, diction are A. sentence construction and punctuation. B. vocabulary and punctuation. C. syntax and sentence construction. D. vocabulary and syntax.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  6. A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is A. an allegory. B. a fable. C. a novella. D. an epistle.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  7. My bounty is as boundless as the sea My love as deep. The above lines illustrate A. apostrophe. B. epigram. C. hyperbole. D. euphemism.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  8. In drama, catharsis is the A. change of setting. B. conflict between two characters. C. resolution of conflict. D. purging of emotions from tension
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  9. The poem is A. allegoric. B. didactic. C. metaphysical. D. romantic.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  10. The tone of the poet is
    1. jocular
    2. harsh
    3. mournful
    4. sombre
  11. Line 3 and 4 illustrate
    1. antithesis.
    2. Oxymoron
    3. anti climax
    4. metonymy
  12. A word or a phrase that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem or a play is a
    1. dirge
    2. refrain
    3. lullaby
    4. verse
  13. The warriors conquered my men and, my country illustrates the use of A. paradox
    1. paradox
    2. litotes
    3. parallelism
    4. zeugma
  14. Disguise in drama mostly portrays the theme of A. known identity. B. plain identity. C. unknown identity. D. mis�taken identity..
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  15. Men swift to see things done, do not run their commanding. The underlined words exemplify A. pun. B. end rhyme. C. paradox. D. in�ternal rhyme.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  16. An aside in drama is used mostly to create a sense of A. admiration. B. conspiracy. C. greatness. D. superior�ity.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  17. More haste, less speed illustrates the use of A. anaphora. B. paradox. C. li�totes. D. synecdoche.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  18. Read the following lines and answer question 18. Poetry gets bored of being alone It wants to go outdoors to chew the winds. The mental picture evoked in the above} lines is that of A. smell and touch. B. sight and hearing. C. taste and touch. D. sight and taste.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  19. A novel that recounts the adventures of a likeable rogue is A. panegyric. B. gothic. C. picaresque. D. grotesque.
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  20. At the fall of their house, the widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her ear-rings illustrates A. bathos. B. epigram. C. pathos. D. Oxymoron
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

Marooned, Akpatse felt imprisoned. It was fifteen days since the storm. The flood waters were not receding; neither did Akpatse see any sign of help coming. Akpatse could not swim the expanse of flood waters. He meditated: When one looks upon the mountain for help and help comes from the Lord... where does the Lord sit — In the cloud or on the mountain, or in the valley? Well, Akpatse looked for salvation in the distance, far across the ocean of flood the intimidating expanse of his great gaoler — up to where the sky and the lips of the flood waters met in a mocking kiss. He had forgotten the feeling of hunger but knew he did not have any energy. What a foolish thing to think! He had not had any food for days. True. But hunger never said hello from the hollow of his ‘person-tree’ as they say in his language. Akpatse saw no help coming,

  1. Question 21
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  2. Question 22
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  3. Question 23
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  4. Question 24
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    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  5. Question 25
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  6. Question 26
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  7. Question 27
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  8. Question 28
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  9. Question 29
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  10. Question 30
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d

Section B

Answer all questions in this section

  1. Question 31
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  2. Question 32
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  3. Question 33
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  4. Question 34
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  5. Question 35
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  6. Question 36
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  7. Question 37
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  8. Question 38
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  9. Question 39
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  10. Question 40
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  11. Question 41
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    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  12. Question 42
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  13. Question 43
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  14. Question 44
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    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  15. Question 45
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    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  16. Question 46
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    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  17. Question 47
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    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  18. Question 48
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  19. Question 49
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d
  20. 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

  1. Question 5
  2. Question 6
  3. Question 7
  4. Question 8

Literature-In-English 3 - Drama and Poetry

Develop not fewer than five points in your answers.

Section A - African Drama

Answer one question only from this section

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

Section B - Non-African Drama

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 5
  2. Question 6
  3. Question 7
  4. Question 8

Section A - African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 9
  2. Question 10

Section B - Non-African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

  1. Question 11
  2. Question 12
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