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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2012

Objectives



1. A story which explains a natural phenomenon is

A. Legend

B. Parable

C. Myth

D. Fiction


2. A narrative in which characters and events are invented is

A. Fiction

B. Epistolary

C. Autobiography

D. Biography


3. Lines and stanzas are to poetry as action and dialogue are to

A. Music

B. Prose

C. Fiction

D. Drama


4. The performers in a play constitute the

A. Chorus

B. Characters

C. Audience

D. Cast


Use the following lines to answer questions 5 and 6.


Truth may bend but will never break:

It will ever rise above falsehood as oil above water.


5. The alliteration in the first line

A. Draws attention to the key lines

B. Draws attention to the rhythm of the line

C. Makes the idea sound more true

D. Makes the line sound more pleasant


ANSWERS

6. The simile in the second line

A. Expresses the idea more vividly

B. Tells one that oil is heavier than water

C. Makes comparison between oil and water

D. Expresses the idea in a complex manner


7. The types of literary work are

A. Eras

B. Episodes

C. Genres

D. Cantos


8. The choice of words to create special effects is called

A. Fallacy

B. Atmosphere

C. Diction

D. Mood


9. A long narrative chronicling a family’s heroic deeds is a/an

A. Opera

B. Epistle

C. Fable

D. Saga


“Those that I fight I do not hate.

Those that I guard I do not love”


10. The above lines illustrate

A. Paradox

B. Euphemism

C. Personification

D. Metonymy


ANSWERS

11. ________ in drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation which is known to the audience

A. Verbal irony

B. Dramatic irony

C. Satire

D. Parody


12. The use of dialogue creates a/an __________ effect

A. Humorous

B. Poetic

C. Ironic

D. Dramatic


13. One of the following is not a form of poetry

A. Sonnet

B. Ode

C. Suspense

D. Lyric


Read the following lines and answer questions 14—16.


But since, alas! Frail beauty must decay

Curled or uncurled, since looks will turn to gray

Since painted or unpainted, all shall fade.


14. A literary device used in the first line is

A. Paradox

B. Litotes

C. Hyperbole

D. Metaphor


15. The device used in the second and third lines is

A. Antithesis

B. Pun

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Euphemism


ANSWERS

16. The use of the word ‘since’ illustrates

A. Alliteration

B. Repetition

C. Assonance

D. Consonance


17. Identify the odd item

A. Poetry

B. Prose

C. Melodrama

D. Drama


18. The clash of interest that originates from opposing forces in literature is

A. Climax

B. Denouement

C. Conflict

D. Aside


19. A major character whose flaws combine with external forces that lead to his downfall is a

A. Flat character

B. Round character

C. Romantic hero

D. Tragic hero


20. Which of the following is not a drama?

A. Burlesque

B. Resolution

C. Pantomime

D. Opera


ANSWERS

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY


Read the poem and answer questions21—25.


I wonder how long, you awful parasite

Shall share with me this little bed,

And make me, from sweet dreams be lost

By sucking blood form my poor head.


I should but say man has much

Blood, which you and your families do feed

On for supper, dinner, and lunch,

And besides, you do in my bed breed.


Clever thou art, tiny creature

You attend me when I am deep asleep

When thou art sure, I cant you capture,

Just as the time I snore deep.


‘Tis so strange that before twilight,

The bed clear of you would seem

For not one of you is in my sight

As if your presence was in a dream.


21. The poem is about a

A. Nightmare

B. Dream

C. Raid of bugs

D. Raid of mosquitoes


22. The poem is generally made up of

A. Rhyming couplets

B. Heroic couplets

C. End-stopped lines

D. Run-on lines


23. The poem is a/an

A. Monologue

B. Dialogue

C. Epilogue

D. Prologue


24. The poet’s mood is one of

A. Sarcasm

B. Indifference

C. Joy

D. Despair


25. The dominant attitude of the poet is one of

A. Amazement

B. Pity

C. Regret

D. Nonchalance


ANSWERS

Read the passage and answer questions 26—30.

The bright sun continued to smile. Andrew’s face beamed with pleasure with every passing moment. Very few of his contemporaries have so succeeded in reaching the top of the ladder, Andrew in particular had been an orphan of storm. His father’s death during his third year in the secondary school coupled with the physical misfortune which he suffered when a stock fish machine severed his left middle finger, constituted a serious setback but Andrew did not despair. The courage to fail is very cheap every fool can afford to fail. But it raises one above the herd of cowards and never-do-wells to be up and struggling. The reward of forbearance in the end is resounding success. And so it was for Andrew ever since he finished his university education it had been success galore. He had got a good job in one of the country’s insurance companies. His pay was good, his prospects seemed bright. The habitual Thomases in his family found it very hard to believe. At forty he had a good car and had already built a house of his own. The world was at his feet.

26. “Orphan of storm” implies that Andrew
A. Had a good life
B. Was orphaned at birth
C. Had a difficult early life
D. Was not afraid of storms

27. The passage is an example of a/an
A. Autobiography
B. Expository passage
C. Descriptive passage
D. Biography

28. The mood of the extract is one of
A. Love
B. Admiration
C. Hatred
D. Resignation

29. “The world was at his feet” implies that Andrew
A. Was loving
B. Was standing on the world
C. Was arrogant
D. Achieved result easily

30. “habitual Thomases” is an example of an
A. Allegory
B. Aphorism
C. Allusion
D. Apostrophe

ANSWERS

SECTION B

Answer all the questions in this section


WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

The Tempest


Read the extract and answer questions 31—35


P:

Mark his condition, and the event then tell me.

If this might be a brother.


Q:

I should sin

To think but nobly of my grandmother:

Good wombs have borne bad sons.


(Act I, Scene two, lines 116-120)


31. Speaker P is

A. Alonso

B. Antonio

C. Ferdinand

D. Prospero


32. Speaker Q is

A. Miranda

B. Prospero

C. Sebastian

D. Caliban


33. The dialogue recalls

A. Their exile to the island

B. The killing of the king

C. Their love affairs

D. The grandmother’s death


34. Speaker P wants his partner to

A. Pity his condition

B. Fight his brother

C. Justify his action

D. Love him


35. The speaker are

A. Grandmother and son

B. Lovers

C. Father and daughter

D. Friends


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions36—40.


At mine unworthiness, that dare not offer

What I desire to give and much less take

What I shall die to want, But this is trifling

And all the more it seeks to hide itself,

The bigger bulk it shows. Hence, bashful cunning!

And prompt me, plain and holy innocence!


(Act III, Scene One, lines 78-83)


36. The speaker is

A. Ferdinand

B. Stephano

C. Miranda

D. Prospero


37. The character addressed is

A. Prospero

B. Ferdinand

C. Alonso

D. Juno


38. After this speech, the character addressed

A. Sings

B. Dances

C. Kneels

D. Weeps


39. The speaker is expressing

A. Love

B. Hatred

C. Sorrow

D. Regret


40. The character who secretly watches and listens is

A. Trinculo

B. Stephano

C. Caliban

D. Prospero


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 41—45.


M:

No, as I am a man.


N:

There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.

If the ill spirit have so fair a house,

Good things will strive to dwell with’t.


(Act I, Scene Two, lines 459—462)


41. The speakers are

A. arguing

B. in prison

C. dancing

D. in love


42. Speaker N

A. is attracted to the temple

B. admires speaker M

C. dislikes the spirit in the house

D. dwells in the temple


43. Speaker M means to

A. defend himself

B. kill himself

C. escape from prison

D. dine with N


44. The other character present is

A. Alonso

B. Caliban

C. Prospero

D. Antonio


45. Speaker M is a

A. Prince

B. Traitor

C. King

D. Sailor


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 46—50.


X:

Come on then down and swear.


Y:

I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

A most scurvy monster! I could not find in my heart to beat him


X:

Come, kiss.


(Act II, Scene Two, lines 139-143)


46. Speaker X is

A. Stephano

B. Ferdinand

C. Miranda

D. Caliban


47. Speaker Y is

A. prospero

B. gonzalo

C. trinculo

D. caliban


48. Another character present is

A. Francisco

B. Sebastian

C. Adrian

D. Caliban


49. Speaker Y is

A. monster

B. Musician

C. Sea captain

D. Jester


50. The setting is

A. In front of Prospero’s cell

B. On a ship

C. On the seashore

D. Another part of the island



WASSCE 2012 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

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


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