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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2014

Objectives



1. In drama, comic relief often occurs in

A. Comedies

B. Tragedies

C. Historical plays

D. Romantic plays


2. A struggle between opposing forces in a story or play is

A. Denouement

B. Conflict

C. Comedy

D. Tragedy


3. An expression from which one derives a mental picture is

A. Paradox

B. Exaggeration

C. Imagery

D. Photography


4. The repetition of the same vowel sounds in a line is

A. Alliteration

B. Assonance

C. Onomatopoeia

D. Parallelism


5. A character in the story who narrates what happens to him or her is

A. A second person narrator

B. A first person narrator

C. An omniscient narrator

D. A third person narrator


ANSWERS

6. An understatement is otherwise called

A. Litotes

B. Conceit

C. Pun

D. Contrast


7. The loneliest people live in the most crowded places illustrates

A. Paradox

B. Anecdote

C. Allegory

D. Parody


8. A person’s life story written by another person is

A. A commentary

B. A biography

C. An autobiography

D. An epistolary


9. The term used to depict the freedom of a poet with language is

A. Poetic diction

B. Bathos

C. Graphology

D. Poetic license


10. A poem in which a lone speaker seems to be addressing someone else is a

A. Pathetic fallacy

B. Verbal irony

C. Dramatic irony

D. Dramatic monologue


ANSWERS

11. A story which explains a natural phenomenon is

A. Legend

B. Parable

C. Myth

D. Fiction


12. A short poem that expresses an idea in a clever way is

A. An epigram

B. A limerick

C. An ode

D. A lyric


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

A. Realistic

B. Romantic

C. Idealistic

D. Sarcastic


14. A character whose actions or qualities serve to heighten those of the hero through contrast is

A. An adversary

B. A protagonist

C. An antagonist

D. A foil


15. One of the following is used to develop character

A. Climax

B. Atmosphere

C. Setting

D. Dialogue


ANSWERS

16. A curtain raiser is an introductory performance that is

A. Not part of the main play

B. The first part of the main play

C. Not separate from the play

D. The first part of the final scene


17. A stanza of four lines is a

A. Couplet

B. Quintet

C. Septet

D. Quatrain


18. ___________ in drama operates against a character who is unaware of a situation which the audience know about

A. Verbal irony

B. Dramatic irony

C. Satire

D. Parody


Read the extract and answer questions 19 and 20.


Said the Lion:

“On music I dote

But something is wrong with my throat

When I practice a scale

The listeners quail

And flee at the first note”


19. What type of poem is this?

A. Epic

B. Limerick

C. Ode

D. Sonnet


20. The rhyme scheme of the poem is

A. Aabba

B. Ababa

C. Ababb

D. Abbaa


ANSWERS

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY


Read the passage and answer questions 21—25.


The goldsmith at work is a priest at the altar. As though he were performing the Eucharist, he is engaged in deliberate motions of reverence. The small vials of various liquids such as mercury are little vessels of communion wine. The minuscule rings of intricately crafted gold are like miniature wafers. He dips one tiny ring into a liquid, lifts it up to the sky and presses it onto a space in the growing length of necklace. It fits- it is like dipping bread into wine and slipping it between the parted lips of a communicant. Our lent vigils are not as solemn as the goldsmith’s silent solemnity that directs his work. We look on as the wizardry of the master craftsman displays itself. We are held in thrall…


21. The subject matter of the passage is

A. A goldsmith at work

B. Celebrating the Eucharist

C. A priest at the altar

D. Communion wine and wafers


22. The dominant devices used are

A. Personification and irony

B. Parallelism and repetition

C. Metaphor and simile

D. Metonymy and synecdoche


23. The use of the above devices creates an atmosphere of

A. Fear

B. Doom

C. Hope

D. Awe


24. The writer’s attitude is one of

A. Bewilderment

B. Reverence

C. Indifference

D. Arrogance


25. The narrative technique captures the __________ of the scene

A. Seriousness

B. Vividness

C. Ordinariness

D. Loneliness


ANSWERS

Read the poem and answer questions 26—30.


At dawn must I rise to till the rock

That our land has turned into

The land where on we’d gleefully harvested paddy

Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy

Our woes are bloody woes of accrued revenges

Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect

For the life of fellow man by his fellow

Kindred blood has counted for less than no value

Brother’s wife has been wife to other brother’s brother

Communal loot has emptied our country silos

The earth has stopped breathing and sighed

Soldered tears has the moon shed

The earth was scorched at noon-day night

And our land has turned to hoeing rock.


26. The theme of the poem is

A. Famine and disease

B. Drought and heat

C. Abomination and retribution

D. Sickness and death


27. The mood of the poet is one of

A. Recklessness

B. Hopelessness

C. Happiness

D. Loneliness


28. “The earth has stopped breathing and sighed” illustrates

A. Bathos

B. Climax

C. Personification

D. Paradox


29. The run-on lines convey the speaker’s

A. Indignation

B. Lamentation

C. Disappointment

D. Defiance


30. There is a predominance of words associated with

A. Celebration

B. Nature

C. Governance

D. Nurture


ANSWERS

SECTION B

Answer all the questions in this section


WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE:

The Tempest


Read the extract and answer questions 31—35


Caliban:

Ay, that I will, and I’ll be wise hereafter,

And seek for grace, what a thrice- double ass

Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,

And worship this dull fool!


Propero:

Go to away!


Alonso:

Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it.


Sebastian:

Or stole it, rather


(Act V, Scene One, Line 293-299)


31. What is Caliban promising to do?

A. Carry more wood

B. Behave appropriately for forgiveness

C. Denounce Stephano and Trinculo

D. Confess his part in the conspiracy


32. Prospero has asked Caliban to

A. Go and bring Miranda

B. Go to Prospero’s cell

C. Fetch more wood

D. Learn his language lessons


33. The contents of “your language” are

A. Alonso’s satchel and swords

B. Food and water from the ship

C. Paddles, fur and a harpoon

D. The clothing put up by Ariel


34. “this drunkard” is

A. Trinculo

B. Stephano

C. Gonzalo

D. Alonso


35. Sebastian says “Or stole it, rather” because the luggage

A. Does not belong to Caliban

B. Belongs to Caliban

C. Is not from the ship

D. Is from the ship


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 36 – 40,


Prospero:

Of my instruction hast thou nothing bated

In what thou hadst to say. So, with good life

And observation strange, my meaner ministers

Their several kinds have done. My high charms works,

And these, mine enemies are all knit up

In their distractions. They now are in my power

And in these fits I leave them…


(Act III, Scene Three, Lines 85-91)


36. Prospero is speaking to

A. Caliban

B. Miranda

C. Ferdinand

D. Ariel


37. The first line means that the addressee

A. Obeyed Prospero’s instructions exactly

B. Did not carry out Prospero’s instructions

C. Modified the instructions of Prospero

D. Failed to understand the instructions of Prospero


38. Prospero’s enemies include the voyagers but not

A. Alonso

B. Antonio

C. Francisco

D. Stephano


39. What has just taken place is that

A. The enemies have been tantalized with a banquet

B. Caliban brought home some wood

C. Ferdinand is splitting wood

D. Miranda has offered to help Ferdinand


40. Prospero decides to

A. Sit ba ck and watch

B. Kick Caliban in the mouth

C. Go to Ferdinand

D. Discharge Ariel


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 41—45.


X:

So they are

My spirits, as in a dream, are all bound up

My father’s loss, the weakness which I feel

The wrack of all my friends, nor this man’s threats

To whom I am subdued, are but light to me,

Might I but through my prison once a day

Behold this maid. All corners else o’th’ earth

Let liberty make use of …


(Act I, Scene Two, Lines 487-496)


41. The speaker is

A. Alonso

B. Ferdinand

C. Gonzalo

D. Boatswain


42. “this man” is

A. Alonso

B. Trinculo

C. Stephano

D. prospero


43. “this maid” is

A. caribel

B. Miranda

C. Sycorax

D. Dido


44. Those present in this scene are

A. Stephano and Trinculo

B. Prospero and Trinculo

C. Prospero and Gonzalo

D. Miranda and Gonzalo


45. “So they are” refers to the

A. Speaker’s friends

B. Speaker’s nerves

C. Monster’s threats

D. Listener’s spirits


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer the questions 46—50.


If is speak true! If hollowly, invert

Whatbest is boded me to mischief!

I Beyond all limit of what else I’ the world

Do love, prize, honour you.


(Act III, Scene One, Lines 70-73)


46. The speaker is

A. Prospero

B. Ferdinand

C. Miranda

D. Gonzalo


47. Who is with the speaker?

A. Miranda

B. Gonzalo

C. Prospero

D. Ferdinand


48. The speaker wants to

A. Prove his love

B. Deny his love

C. Prove his innocence

D. Affirm his loyalty


49. The speaker is lured to that place by

A. Ariel

B. Caliban

C. Miranda

D. Gonzalo


50. The setting is

A. Another part of the island

B. In the palace

C. On a ship

D. Before Prospero’s cell



WASSCE 2014 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

​1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. D 11. C 12. A 13. A 14. D 15. D 16. A 17. D 18. B 19. B 20. A 21. A 22. C 23. D 24. B 25. B 26. C 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. B 31. B 32. B 33. C 34. B 35. B 36. D

37. D 38. C 39. A 40. A 41. B 42. D 43. B 44. B 45. B 46. B 47. A 48. A 49. C 50. D


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