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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2010

Objectives



1. A short introductory speech delivered as part of a play is called

A. A preamble

B. A prologue

C. An introduction

D. An epilogue


2. The limerick

A. Is written to be sung

B. Has a serious subject matter

C. Is always light and humorous

D. Uses lofty language


3. Unrhymed iambic pentameter lines illustrate

A. Rhyme scheme

B. Heroic couplet

C. Blank verse

D. Free verse


4. The major distinctive feature of drama is

A. Dialogue

B. Setting

C. Epilogue

D. Plot


5. The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is

A. Couplet

B. Metre

C. Consonance

D. Strophe


ANSWERS

6. A poem written in praise of someone or something is

A. A ballad

B. An epic

C. A sonnet

D. An ode


Read the poem and answer questions 7-9


“No longer mourn for me when I am dead

Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell

Give warning to the world that I am fled

From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell”


7. The mood of the poet is one of

A. Anger

B. Humour

C. Melancholy

D. Gaiety


8. The poet uses

A. Eye-rhyme

B. Run-on-lines

C. End-stopped lines

D. Internal rhyme


9. The rhyming pattern of the lines is

A. Abab

B. Abba

C. Aabb

D. Aaab


10. “But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near” illustrates

A. Metaphor

B. Apostrophe

C. Oxymoron

D. Metonymy


ANSWERS

11. The central idea of a story or a poem is the

A. Title

B. Climax

C. Theme

D. Conflict


12. An emphasis placed on a syllable in pronunciation is

A. Meter

B. Rhythm

C. Accent

D. Rhyme


13. The timing and location of a literary work is

A. Theme

B. Plot

C. Setting

D. Atmosphere


14. The elegy

A. Conforms to a fixed pattern of line

B. It sets in the countryside

C. Has a mournful tone

D. Celebrates heroic deeds


15. The major genres of Literature are

A. Fiction, non-fiction, drama

B. Prose, farce, comedy

C. Prose, drama, poetry

D. Poetry, prose, fiction


ANSWERS

16. Pick the odd item out of the options listed

A. The Joys of Motherhood

B. Sons and Daughters

C. A Man for All Seasons

D. The Last Duty


17. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea My love as deep” The above lines illustrate

A. Epigram

B. Hyperbole

C. Apostrophe

D. Parody


18. “The strong gongs groaning as the guns born far” illustrates

A. Metonymy

B. Refrain

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Repetition


19. Pick the odd item out of the listed options listed.

A. Euphemism

B. Oxymoron

C. Hyperbole

D. Rhythm


20. “Poetry gets bored of being alone

It wants to go outdoors to chew on the winds”

The dominant figure of speech in the above lines is

A. Paradox

B. Pun

C. Paralleleism

D. Personification


ANSWERS

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY


Read the poem and answer questions 21—25


What a morning!

The sound of guns was everywhere

The city was trapped,

I heaved a mournful sigh-

Rebels!


Boom Boom Boom!

The heart pants at the sound of the blast

Lord! When will all this end?

This is the fourth day.


You say you are free

Oh no, you are not

You are trapped

A prisoner in your own home


The song is everywhere,

What next?

Food-water- a hiding place

Far from the sound of the gun


21. The theme of the poem is

A. Peace

B. War

C. Love

D. Death


22. “Boom Boom Boom! Is an example of

A. Symbols

B. Onomatopoeia

C. Metonymy

D. Allusion


23. The atmosphere of the poem implies

A. Danger and confusion

B. Peace and reconciliation

C. Happiness

D. Hope


24. The second stanza refers to

A. The uncertainty of life

B. The pleasures of life

C. The meaning of life

D. The joys of life


25. “The song is everywhere” refers to

A. Freedom

B. Anxiety

C. Pleasure

D. Satisfaction


ANSWERS

Read the passage and answer questions 26-30.


Here in the station it is in no way different save that the city is busy in its snow. But the old men cling to their seats as though they were symbolic and could not be given up. Now and then they sleep. Their grey old heads resting with painful awkwardness on the backs of the benches.


Also they are not at rest. For an hour they may sleep in the gasping exhaustion of the ill-nourished and aged, who have to walk in the night. Then a policeman comes by on his rounds and nudges them upright.


“You can’t sleep here”, he growls.


A strange ritual then begins. An old man is difficult to wake. One man after a slight lurch does not move at all, he sleeps on steadily. Once in a while, one of the sleepers will not wake, he will have had his wish to die in the great droning centre of the hive rather than in some lonely room fulfilled.


26. This style of writing is

A. Argumentative

B. Eepistolary

C. Narrative

D. Expository


27. “… on the backs of the benches” illustrates

A. Synecdoche

B. Epithet

C. Assonance

D. Personification


28. The passage conveys a mood of

A. Defiance

B. Hope

C. Fear

D. Despair


29. “… gasping exhaustion of the ill-nourished and aged…” infers

A. Helplessness

B. Slowness

C. Sadness

D. Tiredness


30. “droning” and “hive” illustrate

A. Anecdote

B. Epigram

C. Allusion

D. Epitaph


ANSWERS

SECTION B

Answer all the questions in this section


WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

Hamlet


Read the extract and answer questions 31-35.


Your leave and favour to return to France

From whence though willingly I came to Denmark,

To show my duty in your coronation,


Yet now, I must confess, that duty done.

My thoughts and wishes bend again toward France

And bow them to your gracious leave and pardon


(Act I, Scene two, lines 51-57)


31. The speaker is

A. Laertes

B. Polonius

C. Hamlet

D. Glaudius


32. The speaker is addressing

A. Hamlet

B. Claudius

C. Horatio

D. Marcellus


33. “Duty” in the extract refers to

A. Job

B. Faith

C. Loyalty

D. Task


34. The speaker intends to return to

A. The seaside

B. The warfront

C. Denmark

D. France


35. The other character present at the scene is

A. Rosencrantz

B. Ophelia

C. Guildenstorn

D. Polonius


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 36-40.


Do not forget this visitation

Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose

But, look, amazement as thy mother sits:

O, step between her and her fighting soul


(Act III, Scene four, lines 107-110)


36. The speaker is

A. Claudius

B. Ghost

C. Gertrude

D. Horatio


37. The character being addressed is

A. Polonius

B. Laertes

C. Ophelia

D. Hamlet


38. The speech is made in the

A. Queen’s closet

B. Queen’s room

C. Hall

D. Palace


39. “blunted purpose” implies

A. Inactivity

B. Blindness

C. Happiness

D. Tiredness


40. “fighting soul” implies

A. Clear conscience

B. Hope

C. Fear

D. Guilty conscience


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 41-45.


If thou hast any sound, or use of voice,

Speak to me:

If there be any good thing to be done,

That may to thee do ease and grace to me,

Speak to me:

If thou art privy to thy country’s fate,

Which, happily, fore knowing ma avoid,

O, speak!

Or if thou hast uphoarded in thy life

Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,

For which, they say, you spirit off walk in death

Speak of it:


(Act One, Scene One, Lines 129-139)


41. The speaker is

A. Hamlet

B. Marcellus

C. Horatio

D. Claudius


42. The character being addressed is

A. The queen

B. The ghost

C. Bemado

D. Reynaldo


43. The speech is made after

A. The killing of Polonius

B. Hamlet’s arrival at the place

C. The arrival of the players

D. The appearance of the ghost


44. The speaker’s mood is one of

A. Anger

B. Regret

C. Anxiety

D. Disappointment


45. During the speech,

A. The palace soldiers arrived

B. Hamlet attacked the speaker

C. The queen fainted

D. The cock crowed


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 46-50.


And can you, by no drift of circumstance

Get from him why he puts on this confusion,

Granting so harshly all his days of quiet

‘With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?


(Act III, Scene One, lines 1-4)


46. The speaker is

A. Gertrude

B. Ophelia

C. Claudius

D. Polonius


47. The character being discussed is

A. Voltimand

B. Hamlet

C. Ophelia

D. Roscncrantz


48. The character being addressed are

A. Marcellus and Horatio

B. Bernado and Francisco

C. Rosenorantz and Guildenitern

D. Marcellus and Francisco


49. The response given to this speech indicates that the attempt was

A. Unsuccessful

B. Successful

C. Progressing

D. Dangerous


50. The enquiry is about

A. Hamlet

B. Laertes

C. Ophelia

D. Horatio



WASSCE 2010 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

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


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