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THEORY QUESTIONS

WAEC SYLLABUS

1. The protagonist is the

A. Author

B. Villain

C. Hero

D. Speaker

2. As chapter is to prose, so ______ is to poetry.

A. Couplet

B. Stanza

C. Line

D. Chorus

3. Verbal irony occurs when a speaker on stage

A. Says the opposite of what the speaker means

B. Is misunderstood

C. Tries to deceive the audience

D. Is alone

4. A humorous scene in a play intended to ease tension is

A. Climax

B. Tragi-comedy

C. Comedy

D. Comic relief

5. A dead metaphor is one that is

A. Overused and ineffective

B. Extended in meaning

C. Implied

D. Mixed

ANSWERS

6. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea My love is as deep” is an example of

A. Hyperbole

B. Litotes

C. Euphemism

D. Paradox

7. Through the trees I’ll hear a single ringing sound, a cowbell jingle. The underlined illustrate __________ rhyme.

A. End

B. Decasyllabic

C. Internal

D. Dimeter

8. A literary work is a satire when it

A. Finds fault

B. Humorously criticizes to improve a situation

C. Provokes laughter

D. Teaches a lesson for social improvement

9. Foreshadowing is a device used to

A. Prepare the reader for the direction the plot will take

B. Introduce the plot

C. Shed light on events through background information

D. Recall the past

10. A mountain of fufu was placed before the hungry visitors. The device used above is

A. Hyperbole

B. Euphemism

C. Alliteration

D. Assonance

ANSWERS

11. The pattern of beats to denote movement in poetry is

A. Refrain

B. Metre

C. Rhyme

D. Scansion

Read the extract and answer questions 12and 13.

Here lies our sovereign Lord the King

Whose word no man relies on

Who never said a foolish thing

And never did a wise one.

12. The extract is an example of a/an

A. Dirge

B. Epigram

C. Oxymoron

D. Parody

13. The tone of the extract is one of

A. Anger

B. Pity

C. Sarcasm

D. Indifference

14. A poem whose shape resembles the object described is a/an

A. Emblematic poem

B. Romantic poem

C. Elegy

D. Sonnet

15. The omniscient narrator is

A. All knowing

B. Limited

C. Realistic

D. Always humorous

ANSWERS

16. Which of the following does not define a character?

A. The way the character appears

B. What the character says

C. What others say about the character

D. What the character does

17. A bard is a

A. Novelist

B. Playwright

C. Poet

D. Narrator

18. A literary work that vividly portrays life can be described as

A. Realistic

B. Romantic

C. Idealistic

D. Sarcastic

19. Which of the following is not a type of play?

A. Tragedy

B. Tragic flow

C. Comedy

D. Tragi-comedy

20. The attitude of an author towards the subject matter is

A. Theme

B. Tone

C. Style

D. Setting

ANSWERS

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage and answer questions 21—25.

Each profession, intellectual or manual deserves consideration, whether it requires painful physical effort or manual dexterity, wide knowledge or the patience of an ant. Ours, like that of the doctor, does not allow for any mistake. You don’t joke with life, and life is both body and mind. To warp a soul is as much a sacrilege as murder. Teachers –at kindergarten level, as at university – from a noble army accomplishing daily feats, never praised, never decorated. An army forever on the move, forever vigilant: an army without drums, without gleaming uniforms. This army, thwarting traps and snares, everywhere plants the flag of knowledge and morality.

21. The writer’s mood is that of _______

A. Excitement

B. Optimism

C. Indifference

D. Frustration

22. The writer of the passage is a

A. Doctor

B. Soldier

C. Teacher

D. student

23. The dominant image in the passage is that of

A. Soldiery

B. Medicine

C. religion

D. education

24. The underlined illustrates

A. Antithesis

B. Allusion

C. Parallelism

D. Parody

25. “The flag of knowledge and morality” illustrates

A. Euphemism

B. Litotes

C. Metaphor

D. Metonymy

ANSWERS

Read the poem and answer questions 26—30.

Here stood our ancestral home

The crumbling wall marks the spot

Here a sheep was to be led to slaughter

To appease the gods and atone

For faults which our destiny

Has blossomed into crimes

There my cursed father once stood

And shouted to us, his children

To come back from our play

To our evening meal and sleep.

26. The mood of the poem is

A. Hopeful

B. Joyful

C. Nostalgic

D. Exciting

27. The sheep was led to the slaughter

A. To prepare for their evening meal

B. Because it was a troublesome sheep

C. Because their father was a butcher

D. As a sacrifice to their gods

28. “To appease the gods…” implies

A. Seeking the favour of the gods

B. Offering meals to the gods

C. Accusing the gods for their misfortunes

D. Reciting incantations to the gods

29. The underlined means that

A. They were living in a house with a high wall

B. Their building is no longer where it used to be

C. The children had caused the wall to crumble

D. Their father made them pull down the wall

30. The image used in line six is taken from

A. War

B. The moon

C. Flowers

D. Prison

ANSWERS

SECTION B

Answer all questions in this section.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

The Tempest

Read the extract and answer questions 31—35.

Be not afraid the isle is full of noises,

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.

Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments

Will hum about mine ears and sometime voices,

That, if I then had waked after long sleep,

Will make me sleep again. And then, in dreaming,

The clouds methought would open, and show riches

Ready to drop open that, when I waked,

I cried to dream again.

(Act III, Scene Two, lines 132-140)

31. The speaker is

A. Ferdinand

B. Gonzalo

C. Alonso

D. Caliban

32. The character addressed is

A. Horatio

B. Caliban

C. Stephano

D. Ferdinand

33. The speaker is a

A. Carnivore

B. Savage

C. Sailor

D. Devourer

34. What are “noises” in the extract?

A. Shouting

B. Clapping

C. Thunder

D. Music

35. Another character present is

A. Trinculo

B. Ferdinand

C. Miranda

D. Prospero

ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 36—40.

Faith, sir, you need not fear. When we were boys,

Who would believe that there were mountaineers,

Dew-lapped like bulls, whose throats had hanging at ‘em

Wallets of flesh? Or that there were such men

Whose heads stood in their breasts? Which now we find

Each putter-out of five for one will bring us

Good warrant of.

(Act III, Scene Three, lines 44-49)

36. The speaker is

A. Gonzalo

B. Stephano

C. Ferdinand

D. Caliban

37. The character addressed is

A. Sebastian

B. Ferdinand

C. Gonzalo

D. Alonso

38. In the extract a _______ is laid before them.

A. Problem

B. Banquet

C. Bed

D. Gift

39. “Dew-lapped like bulls” refers to the

A. Mountaineers

B. People of the land

C. Savages

D. Shipwreck

40. What happens to the spirits?

A. They are killed

B. They stay on

C. They serve Prospero

D. They disappear

ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 41—45.

Tell me, heavenly bow,

If Venus or her son, as thou dost know,

Do now attend the queen? Since they did plot

The means that dusky dis my daughter got,

Her and her blind boy’s scandalled company

I have forsworn.

(Act IV, Scene One, lines 86-91)

41. The speaker is

A. Ferdinand

B. Miranda

C. Ceres

D. Iris

42. The character addressed is

A. Caliban

B. Iris

C. Ceres

D. Venus

43. The purpose of the gathering is to

A. Settle a dispute between Prospero and his brother

B. Punish Miranda for running away with Stephano

C. Set Ariel free from his burden

D. Celebrate the betrothal of Ferdinand and Miranda

44. The speaker is a

A. Sailor

B. King

C. Spirit

D. Man

45. The ‘heavenly bow’ refers to

A. Ceres

B. Iris

C. Ariel

D. Juno

ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 46—50.

… The Duke of Milan

And his more braver daughter could control thee,

If now’t were fit to do’t. At the first sight

They have changed eyes. Delicate Ariel,

I’ll set thee free for this!

(Act I, Scene Two, lines 441-445)

46. The speaker is

A. Miranda

B. Ferdinand

C. Prospero

D. Caliban

47. “Thee” in line two refers to

A. Prospero

B. Sebastian

C. Ferdinand

D. Antonio

48. What does ‘they have changed eyes’ mean?

A. They have exchanged looks at each other

B. They have met before

C. They have fallen in love

D. They have lost sight

49. “They” in the extract refers to

A. prospero and Ariel

B. prospero and Miranda

C. Ferdinand and Miranda

D. Ariel and Ferdinand

50. The character addressed

A. Prospero

B. Miranda

C. Sebastian

D. Himself

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