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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2005

Objectives



1. A device that reveals a discrepancy between appearance and reality is.

A. Oxymoron.

B. Irony.

C. Antithesis.

D. Bathos.


2. A situation in which the audience know more than the character does , is an instance of .

A. Comic Relief.

B. Interior Monologue.

C. Dramatic Irony.

D. Poetic Licensee.


3. Pick the odd from the options below.

A. Elegy.

B. Epitaph.

C. Dirge.

D. Ode


4. A narrative poem in the manner of oral folk tradition is.

A. A pastoral.

B. A Lyric.

C. a ballad.

D an elegy


5. In’ my finger click with a Snicker and, Chucking, they knuckle the key’’ the dominant-figure of speech used is.

A. Parallelism.

B. Litotes.

C. Hyperbole.

D. Onomatopoeia


ANSWERS

6. Pick the odd item from the options below..

A. Plot.

B. Theme.

C. Metre.

D. Subject.


7. ‘’Horrendous horrors Helen’s happiness’’ illustrates.

A. Alliteration.

B. Rhythm.

C. Repetition.

D. Assonances.


8. Which of the following poem is based on travel and adventure?

A. Ode to the West Wind.

B. Freetown.

C. Ulysses.

D. No coffin, No Grave.


9. Pick the odd from the option below.

A. Comedy

B. Tragedy

C. Farce

D. Limerick.


10. Which of the following poem is a lamentation?

A. Elegy written in a country churchyard

B. No coffin, No Grave

C. Ode to the West Wind

D. Ulysses.


ANSWERS

11. It run through the reeds And away it proceeds, through meadows and glade, In sun in shade. The dominant device used in the above extract is.

A. Imagery.

B. Symbolism.

C. Rhyme.

D. Pun


12. Pick the odd from the option below.

A. Simile.

B. Metaphor.

C. Synecdoche.

D Ballad.


13. The metrical pattern, “In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud is.

A. Iambic.

B. Trochaic.

C. Anapestic.

D. Dactylic.


14. Which of the following is a praise poem?

A. Freetown.

B. Ulysses

C. is my team ploughing?

D. Ode to the West Wind.


15. Poetry that avoids the use of regular metre is.

A. Lyric.

B. Lumerick.

C. Free verse.

D. Blank verse.


ANSWERS

16. The mood in “Nothing so true as what you one let fall most women have no characters at all’” is.

A. Pessimistic.

B. jubilant.

C. anticipatory.

D. Optimistic


17. Rhyming words.

A. Having similar spelling.

B. Are parallel lines.

C. Sound alike

D. Convey meaning


18. He sits under the bough utters a loud cough, wipe his sweating brow and gives the dog a blow. The extract illustrates ……. Rhyme.

A. Masculine.

B. Eye.

C. Internal.

D. End.


19. “Death be not proud” illustrates

A. Euphemism.

B. Personification.

C. Metaphor.

D. Litotes.


20. Lines that usually have a set pattern of metre and rhyme constitute

A. Stanza.

B. Verse.

C. Rhyme Scheme.

D. Falling Metre.


ANSWERS

PART 11

UNSEEN PROSES AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer question 21 – 25


Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,

That from the Nunnerie of thy chaste breast

And quiet minde,

To warre and Armes I flie


True, new Mistresses now I chase

The first Foe in the field:

And with a strong faith embrace.

A sword, a Horse, a Shield.

Yet this Inconstancy is such

As you too shall adore:

I could not love thee (Deare) so much,

Lov’s I not Honor more,


21. The dominant device used is.

A. Contrast.

B. Paradox.

C. Oxymoron.

D. Parallelism


22. The reference to “….. The Nunneries of thy chaste breast” suggests that te woman is being.

A. Praised.

B. Mocked.

C. Scorned.

D. Admired


23. The rhyme partten of the poem is.

A. Abab.

B. aabb.

C. abed.

D.abba


24. “Inconstancy” in the poem implies that the.

A. Man is unfaithful.

B. Woman is pure.

C. Woman is nun.

D. Man loves War.


25. The theme of the poem is the pursuit of.

A. War.

B. Religion.

C. Honor.

D. a Horse


ANSWERS

Read the passage below and answer question 26 - 30


Stella had t do her midweek shopping. There were four people before her in the queue. She watched the blond at the counter striking feverishly away at the numbers on the cold light-flickering machine. There seemed to be a raging war between two mechanical contraptions, one robot-like and the other stationary, but able to responded to the extent of punching, by sharp flickers of red light. It was an all-consuming battle a swift left positioned the price label d the ceaseless flow of items on the conveyor belt and the right delivered the punches. The intending owners were more unnoticed onlookers. Anyway, there is a belated recognition of them in “thank you call again balance sheet’. It is all so mechanical, she thought. I mean, any creature- receive the same treatment as long as the conditions are met- “bring to the counter, labeled items from the shelves.” Where is the human touch? She wondered.


26. The dominant literary device used in the passage is.

A. Litotes.

B. Personification.

C. Synecdoche.

D. Onomatopoeia.


27. ” Where is the human touch? Conveys an impression of.

A. Disappointment.

B. Expectation.

C. Discontent.

D. Indifference.


28. The narrative technique used in the passages is.

A. Omniscient.

B. Third person.

C. Flashback.

D. First person


29. The dominant mood on the passage is one of.

A. Excitement.

B. Fear.

C. Anxiety.

D. Joy.


30. “………a swift left hand …and the right hand delivered the punches” illustrate.

A. Symbolism.

B. Hyperbole.

C. Parallelism.

D. Alliteration.


ANSWERS

SECTION B

Answers all the questions in the passage

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The merchant of Venice

Read the extract below and answer the questions 31 - 35


If I can catch him once upon the hip,

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him,

He hates our scared nation, and he rails,

Even there were merchants most do congregate,

On me, my bargains, and my well-won thrift,

Which he calls interest: …


(Act 1 scene three, lines 39 – 44)


31. The speaker is

A. Tubal.

B. Antonio.

C. Shylock.

D. Bassano


32. The extract is an example of.

A. Epilogue.

B. Soliloquy.

C. Monologue.

D. Aside


33. The underlined expression illustrates.

A. Assonance.

B. Metaphor.

C. Wit.

D. Euphemism.


34. “My well-won thrift” is

A. Sarcasm.

B. a Parody.

C. an understatement.

D. an allegory


35. From the extract the speaker is.

A. Kind.

B. Tricky.

C. Vindictive.

D. Angry.


ANSWERS

Read the extract below and answer question 36 - 40


Alack, what heinous sin is it in me

To be ashamed to be my father’s child!

But thought I am a daughter to his blood

I am not to his manners....


(Act II scene three, lines 15-18)


36. The extract is an example of

A. Epilogue.

B. Soliloquy.

C. Monologue.

D. Aside


37. The speaker is in love with.

A. Gratiano.

B. Lorenzo.

C. Antonio.

D. Bassano


38. The speaker has been addressing.

A. Solanio.

B. Portia.

C. Lancelot.

D Nerissa


39. Th speaker is

A. Tubal.

B. Portia.

C Morocco.

D. Jessica


40. “I will feed fat the ancient grade” illustrates.

A. Metonymy.

B. Contrast.

C. Apostrophe.

D. Metaphor


ANSWERS

Read the extract below and answer question 41 – 45


....... There damnation

To think so base a thought: It was too gross

To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave:-

Or shall I think in silver she’s immured”

Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?


(Act II scene three, lines 49 - 53)


41. The speaker is.

A. Aragon.

B. Antonio.

C. Morocco.

D. Bassano.


42. The person referred to in the extract is.

A. Jessica.

B. Antonio.

C. Balthazar.

D Portia.


43. ‘Thought” in the extract implies.

A. Meditating on his love

B. Associating the portrait with lead

C. Challenging rival suitors

D. Reflecting on his fate.


44. After the speech, the speaker.

A. Unlocks the gold casket.

B. Engages his lover

C. Unfolds his marriage plans

D. Celebrates his victory


45. “Being tem times undervalued to try gold” reveals the speaker’s.

A. Straight of love

B. Assessment of his lover’s character

C. Value of gold

D. Estimate of his lover’s worth


ANSWERS

Read the extract below and answer question 46 – 50


When it is paid, according to the tenor,

It doth appear you are a worthy judges,

You know the law, your exposition

Hath been most sound, I charge you by the law: ……

Proceed to judgment ….


(Act II scene three, lines 231 – 236)


46. The speaker is

A. Antonio

B. Shylock.

C. Bassano.

D. Nerissa.


47. The person addressed is.

A. Jessica.

B. Duke.

C. Portia.

D. Lorenzo.


48. The extract conveys a feeling of.

A. Dejection.

B. Anxiety.

C. Tolerance.

D. Confidence.


49. “Your exposition” refers to.

A. Legal Knowledge.

B. Plea for mercy.

C Exercise Of judges.

D. Enactment of the law


50. At the end of the speech, the speaker.

A. Proceeds to execute the bond

B. Accepts the judgment of the court

C. Submits to the Duke’s law authority

D. Declares his unalterable stand.



WASSCE 2005 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

​1.B 2.C 3.B 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.C 9.D 10.A 11.C 12.D 13.A 14.D 15.C 16.D 17.C 18.D 19.B 20.C 21.A 22.B 23.A 24.A 25.C 26.D 27.B 28.B 29.A 30.A 31.C 32.B 33.A 34.A 35.D 36.A 37.A 38.C 39.D 40.D 41.C 42.D 43.A 44.A 45.C 46.B 47.C 48.D 49.C 50.B


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