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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH


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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2007

Objectives



1. A bitter remark intended to wound the feelings is

A. A satire

B. An allusion

C. A sarcasm

D. An ambiguity


2. “She waited for him for a thousand years” illustrates

A. Euphemism

B. Hyperbole

C. Assonance

D. Ellipsis


3. A literary device which expresses meaning in its direct opposite is

A. Metaphor

B. Paradox

C. Parody

D. Irony


4. “They also serve who only stand and wait” illustrates

A. An epigram

B. A synecdoche

C. A simile

D. An antithesis


5. Pick the odd item out of the options listed below.

A. Verse

B. Stanza

C. Rhythm

D. Dialogue


ANSWERS

6. In drama, ‘denouement’ is the same as

A. Resolution

B. Climax

C. Anti-climax

D. Conflict


7. Which of the following is NOT true of a ballad?

A. They were originally sung

B. They are mostly part of oral tradition

C. They tell a popular story

D. They are written in iambic metre


Read the extract and answer questions 8—12.


My heart leaps up when I behold

A rainbow in the sky:

So was it when my life began,

So is it now that I am a man,

So be it when I shall grow

The child is the father of the man.


8. The mood of the poem is that of

A. Sorrow

B. Elation

C. Anxiety

D. Sarcasm


9. The rhyme scheme of the poem is

A. Ab cc ac

B. Ac bcc a

C. Ab ca cc

D. Ab ac bc


10. The subject of the extract is

A. Childlessness

B. The adverse effects of the rainbow on man

C. The unchanging cycle of nature

D. The adverse effects of old age


ANSWERS

11. The literary device used in line 1 is

A. Simile

B. Alliteration

C. Litotes

D. Personification


12. The literary device used in line 6 is an example of

A. Synecdoche

B. Irony

C. Paradox

D. Hyperbole


13. ‘Forty hands descended on the devilish head” illustrates

A. Epigram

B. Synecdoche

C. Metonymy

D. Allegory


14. Pick the odd item out of the options listed below:

A. Sonnet

B. Epic

C. Allusion

D. Ode


15. A deliberate violation of the rules of versification constitutes

A. Imperfect rhyme

B. Poetic license

C. Verbal irony

D. Comic relief


ANSWERS

16. A praise poem is

A. A dirge

B. An epic

C. A ballad

D. An ode


17. Lines of regular recurrence in a poem constitutes

A. An alliteration

B. A refrain

C. An assonance

D. A theme


18. An individual who acts, appears or is referred to as playing a part in a literary work is a

A. Villain

B. Character

C. Clown

D. Narrator


19. A regular group of lines in poetry constitutes

A. Stanza

B. Rhythm

C. Verse

D. Metre


20. “A black beautiful brilliant bride” is an example of

A. Alliteration

B. Assonance

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Pun


ANSWERS

PART II

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE


Read the poem and answer questions 21-25.


Bent-double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we curse through sludge

Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs,

And towards our distant rest began to trudge,

Men marched asleep, many had lost their boots,

But limped on, blood-shed. All went lame, all blind

Drunk with fatigue even deaf to the hoots

Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.


21. The extract conveys a mood of

A. Dejection

B. Desperation

C. Resentment

D. Resignation


22. The dominant figure of speech in the first stanza is

A. Hyperbole

B. Simile

C. Euphemism

D. Pun


23. The expression Drunk with fatigue illustrates

A. Metaphor

B. Synecdoche

C. Litotes

D. Irony


24. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is

A. Aabb

B. Abab

C. Abcd

D. Abba


25. Sludge in the extract means

A. Water

B. Fire

C. Snow

D. Mud


ANSWERS

Read the passage and answer questions 26-30.


… What were the use of my creation if I were entirely contained here? My great miseries in the world have been Heathcliff’s miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning. My great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be. And if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would be turned to a mighty stranger--- I should not seem a part of it. My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods time will change it, I’m aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath --- as source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff!. He’s always, always in my mind--- not as a pleasure to myself, but as my own being…


26. The speaker’s love for Heathcliff is

A. Platonic

B. Indestructible

C. Ephemeral

D. Universal


27. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath illustrates

A. Metaphor

B. Allusion

C. Euphemism

D. Simile


28. annihilated in the extract implies

A. Rebirth

B. Death

C. Marriage

D. Problems


29. If all else perished and he remained illustrates

A. Paradox

B. Irony

C. Bathos

D. Antithesis


30. The diction of the extract conveys the speaker’s

A. Contempt

B. Despair

C. Assurance

D. Determination


ANSWERS

SECTION B

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

Hamlet


Read the extract below and answer questions 31—35.


31. Speaker A is

A. Bernado

B. Horatio

C. Francisco

D. Marcellus


32. Speaker B is

A. Hamlet

B. Francisco

C. Marcellus

D. Bernado


33. this thing refers to a

A. Ghost

B. Horse

C. Guard

D. Soldier


34. The speakers were

A. In a room in the castle

B. In the courtyard

C. On a platform in front of the castle

D. On the battlefield


35. Speakers A and B are

A. Officers

B. Soldiers

C. Servants

D. Courtiers


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 36—39.


As thou art to thyself:

Such as the very armour he had on

When he the ambitious Norway combated

So frown’d he once, when, in an angry parle,

He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice…


(Act I, Scene One, lines 59-63)


36. The speaker is

A. Horatio

B. Marcellus

C. Bernado

D. Francisco


37. The speaker is addressing

A. Marcellus

B. Francisco

C. The ghost

D. Horatio


38. The passage conveys an atmosphere of

A. Peace

B. Celebration

C. War

D. Anxiety


39. The subject of discussion is

A. Hamlet

B. The ghost

C. Claudius

D. Laertes


Read the extract and answer questions 40-44.


X: What is the matter?

Y: Save yourself, my Lord: The ocean, overpeering of his list, Eats not the flats with more impetuous haste Than young Laertes…


(Act 4, Scene five, lines 97-101)


40. Speaker X is

A. a messenger

B. the king

C. the Queen

D. Laertes


ANSWERS

41. Speaker Y is

A. The Queen

B. Polonius

C. An attendant

D. Ophelia


42. The characters who come on the scene shortly afterwards are

A. Laertes and the Danes

B. The Queen and Hamlet

C. Ophelia and the Danes

D. Hamlet and Laertes


43. The other character present in the scene is

A. The Queen

B. Hamlet

C. Horatio

D. Marcellus


44. The King had just requested that all the

A. Doors be stolen

B. Doors be guarded

C. Windows be locked

D. Windows be opened


Read the extract and answer 45-50.


Angels and ministers of grace defend us!

Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn’d,

Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell,

Be thy intents, wicked or charitable,

Thou comest in such a questionable shape…


(Act I, Scene four, lines 39-43)


45. The speaker is

A. Hamlet

B. Marcellus

C. Horatio

D. Laertes


ANSWERS

46. The character being addressed is

A. The king

B. The ghost

C. Angels

D. God


47. The character who just spoke before the speaker is

A. Horatio

B. Laertes

C. Hamlet

D. Marcellus


48. The setting of the extract is

A. A room in the castle

B. The platform

C. The queen’s closet

D. A graveyard


49. The passage creates an atmosphere of

A. Surprise and determination

B. Insecurity and resignation

C. Security and assurance

D. Courage and assurance


50. Line 1 suggests the speaker’s belief in

A. Ghosts

B. Spirits

C. Purgatory

D. Magic



WASSCE 2007 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

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


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