2021 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. Something a character says on stage that is meant for audience alone is......
   1. an epilogue
   2. a mime
   3. a soliloquy
   4. an aside
2. A pause with a line of poetry is ....
   1. an alliteration
   2. a caesura
   3. a metre
   4. an assonance
3. A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is ......
   1. motif
   2. allusion
   3. legend
   4. anecdote
4. When you are old and grey and full of sleep. The rhythmic pattern of the above line is......
   1. anapestic
   2. dactylic
   3. trochaic
   4. iambic
5. An inscription on a tombstone is an ......
   1. Epitaph
   2. Epistle
   3. Epigram
   4. Ode
6. A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCD, CDC is a ........
   1. couplet
   2. haiku
   3. terza rima
   4. heroic couplet
7. The chorus normally features prominently in ......
   1. poetry
   2. the epic
   3. the novel
   4. drama
8. A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is A. B. C. D.
   1. myth
   2. legend
   3. motif
   4. fable

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9. The dominant literary device is.......
   1. the epithet
   2. the rhetorical question
   3. verbal irony
   4. paradox
10. Does it stink like rotten meat? makes use of the sense of ........
    1. taste
    2. touch
    3. sight
    4. smell
11. The mood of the poem is one of ....
    1. joy
    2. doubt
    3. anger
    4. certainty
12. A short play performed in the pause in between the act of a longer play is ....
    1. denouement
    2. interlude
    3. prologue
    4. epilogue
13. The most intense part of a conflict is the
    1. resolution
    2. climax
    3. denouement
    4. dues ex machina
14. I feel a million times better than I felt yesterday is ........
    1. an apostrophe
    2. a euphemism
    3. an irony
    4. a hyperbole
15. Identify the odd item:
    1. third person narrative
    2. literary appreciation
    3. first person narrative
    4. epistolary technique
16. A dramatist is someone who ..... plays
    1. writes
    2. directs
    3. commissions
    4. promotes
17. Nando's family lives within the lower income bracket illustrates ......
    1. sarcasm
    2. allusion
    3. climax
    4. euphemism
18. A dramatic performance without word is.......
    1. mime
    2. an aside
    3. monologue
    4. a soliloquy
19. Utopia is a term used to describe .......
    1. Strange circumstances
    2. difficult conditions
    3. pleasant feelings
    4. ideal societies
20. The lawyer addressed the bench illustrates.......
    1. simile
    2. oxymoron
    3. alliteration
    4. metonymy

Part 2: Unseen Prose and Poetry

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

When he was little, he would ask his mother sometimes, as he lay in the cold little room and looked up at her as she sat beside his bed stroking his hair, why two boys from his class had thrown stones at a dog; or why on another occasion a gang of them had broken into an empty house, smashing the thick door which had curved mouldings on the front which had been turned by carpenters years before; or why he had ended up in a fight which had begun when a little girl had shouted names at him which made no sense about his house and his mother and others had joined in and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some shrieked and some laughed and he flailed about with his hard little fists and tears in his eyes. His mother would smile, say ‘shhh’ and he would drift to sleep with the heart shape of her face imprinted on his mind.

21. The dominant feeling in the passage is that of.......
    1. nostalgia
    2. anger
    3. expectancy
    4. fear
22. The. feeling is conveyed by the .......
    1. mouldings on the door
    2. boys' actions
    3. tender care of his mother
    4. little girl’s taunts
23. The dominant literary device in the passage.......
    1. personification
    2. antithesis
    3. litotes
    4. parallelism
24. .....and he rushed at them, scattering them as some shrieked and some laughed illustrates
    1. onomatopoeia
    2. climax
    3. metaphor
    4. humorous
25. The main character is .......
    1. playful
    2. inquisitive
    3. sad
    4. metonymy

Read the poem below and answer questions 26 to 30 We wear the mask that grins and lies It hides our cheeks and shades eyes, This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile And mouths with myriad subtleties,

Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them on!y see us, while We wear the mask. We smile but O great God, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet and long the mile, But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask!

26. The poem is about A. B. C. D. ..
    1. debtors
    2. dreams
    3. costumes
    4. appearance
27. The poet's tone B C. D. .
    1. supplicatory
    2. . defiant
    3. conciliatory
    4. compliant
28. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is A.B. C. D.. ....
    1. aabcc
    2. ababa
    3. aabbc
    4. abbac
29. The dominant mood is one of A.B. C. D.
    1. sadness
    2. fear
    3. joy
    4. optimism
30. We wear the mask that grins and lies illustrates A.B. C. D.
    1. irony
    2. personification
    3. synecdoche
    4. alliteration

Section B

Answer all questions in this section

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream Read the extract below and answer questions 31 to 35.

X : You do impeach your modesty too much, To leave the city and commit yourself Into the hands of one that loves you not; To trust the opportunity of night And the ill counsel of a desert place With the rich worth of your virginity. Y: Your virtue is my privilege: for that It is mot night when I do see your face, Therefore, I think I am not in the night. (Act II, Scene One, Lines 214 — 222)

31. Speaker X is ........
    1. Hermia
    2. Philostrate
    3. Demetrius
    4. Lysander
32. Speaker Y is A. B. C. D. .
    1. Titania
    2. Pease blossom
    3. Hippolyta
    4. Helena
33. Speaker X sees Speaker Y A. . B. C. D.
    1. as a pretender
    2. as a past lover
    3. for the first time
    4. for the last time
34. Both speakers are in woods A. B.
    1. to hide from each other
    2. to spy on each other
    3. for different reasons
    4. for same reason
35. Night evolves in the speakers’ A. huge responsibilities B. contrasting feelings C. despairing thoughts D. erotic feelings
    1. Option a
    2. Option b
    3. Option c
    4. Option d

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36. The speaker is .......
    1. Bottom
    2. Pease blossom
    3. Quince
    4. Puck
37. The speaker is addressing.......
    1. artists
    2. painters
    3. actors
    4. writers
38. They intend to rehearse the play,.......
    1. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    2. Pyramus and This by
    3. The Tragedy of Lovers
    4. The Battle Royal
39. The rehearsal is in preparation for .......
    1. Egeus’ acceptance of Lysander
    2. The dance of fairies
    3. Theseus’ wedding
    4. Titania waking up from dream
40. The main actors will be.......
    1. Snug and Snout
    2. Philostrate and Starveling
    3. Puck and Mustard seed
    4. Quince and Bottom
41. Speaker X is .......
    1. Titania
    2. Hippolyta
    3. Oberon
    4. Option d
42. Speaker X_ has just.......
    1. escaped from the city
    2. fallen into a world of dreams
    3. woken up from an induced sleep
    4. abandoned a loved one
43. Speaker Y is .......
    1. Quince
    2. Lysander
    3. Demetrius
    4. Bottom
44. Speaker Y is a member of .......
    1. Theseus’ retinue
    2. Titania’s retinue
    3. The group of actors
    4. The group of lovers
45. Speaker X’s speech can be described as a.......
    1. satire
    2. conceit
    3. paradox
    4. parody
46. The speaker is .......
    1. Flute
    2. Quince
    3. Bottom
    4. Philostrate
47. The speaker is part of the.......
    1. prologue
    2. epilogue
    3. exposition
    4. lyric
48. The speaker is involved in putt A. B. C. D. ......
    1. a scene
    2. a skit
    3. an act
    4. a play
49. The occas A. B. C. D. ........
    1. The celebration of the royal marriage
    2. The king’s decision to banish Hermia
    3. Oberon’s threat to punish Titania
    4. Titania falling in love with bottom
50. The spe A. B. C. D.......
    1. romantic
    2. satiric
    3. comic
    4. tragic

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

BUCHI EMECHETA: Second Class Citizen
1. How are women treated in the novel? ..
2. Comment on Adah’s growth in confidence and determination in pursuit of her dreams
ALEX A. AGYIRI: Unexpected Joy at Dawn
3. Discuss Nii’s encounter with I—put-it-to-me in the novel.
4. Consider Mama Orojo’s relationship with her church members in Amen Kristi

Section B - Non-African Prose

Answer one question only from this section

RALPH ELLISON: Invisible Man
5. Comment on the character and role of Mary in the novel.
6. Examine the narrator’s experiences at the eviction.
EMILE BRONTE: Wuthering Heights
7. Comment on the importance of setting in the novel.
8. Examine the relationship between Heathcliff and Lockwood

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

JOHN K. KARGBO: Let Me Die Alone
1. Comment on the character of Yoko in the play
2. What challenges in Mende chiefdom confronted with in the play?
WOLE SOYINKA: The Lion and the Jewel
3. Why does Lakunle lose Sidi to Baroka?
4. Examine the Theme of lose and marriage in the play

Section B - Non-African Drama

Answer one question only from this section

JOHN OSBORNE: Look Back in Anger
5. Compare Jimmy and Cliff as friends,
6. Discuss Jimmy Porter’s sense of alienation
AUGUST WILSON: Fences
7. Consider Raynell’s contribution to the plot.
8. Comment on the appropriateness of the title, Fences

Section A - African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

9. Discuss the personification of -rage in the poem, Raider of the Treasure Trove.
10. Show how Africa suffered and sur vives still in Agostinho Neto’s The Grieved Lands of Africa.

Section B - Non-African Poetry

Answer one question only from this section

11. Consider the use of alliteration, assonance and repetition in the poem Binsey Poplars.
12. Comment on the poet's attitude to death in Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night