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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2016

Objectives



1. …………. refers to the structure of a work of art

A. Form

B. Plot

C. Setting

D. Style


2. Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with

A. climax

B. episode

C .exposition

D. resolution


3. The character assumed by the author in his writing is

A. protagonist

B. chorus

C. persona

D. pseudonym


4. Oral literature is part of

A. drama

B. folklore

C. poetry

D. music


5. Poetry is written is

A. drama

B. paragraphs

C. scenes

D. lines


ANSWERS

6. Soliloquy is a ……………. technique

A. descriptive

B dramatic

C. narrative

D. poetic


7. The ………………… produces comic relief in drama

A. chorus

B. protagonist

C. antagonist

D. clown


8. A short play is also called a

A. farce

B. novelette

C. playlet

D. slapstick


Read the stanza and answer questions 9 to 11


For days I wept and felt depressed

The one and all I loved had left

But then on me our Bill impressed

'Your love is where she looks bereft'


9. The rhyme scheme is

A. abab

B. aaba

C abcc

D abbe


10. The lines are iambic

A pentameter

B. tetrameter

C. tetrameter

D. hexameter


ANSWERS

11. The lines constitute

A an epic

B. a quatrain

C. anode

D a sestet '


12. The sun smiled gently on the scene" illustrates

A. paradox

B. euphemism

C. hyperbole

D. personification


13. The major part of the Petrachan sonnet is the

A. quintet

B. sestet

C. tercet

D. octave


14. A poem that celebrates an object, person or event is

A. a sonnet

B. a dirge

C. anode

D. a ballad


15. That it will rain is not unlikely" illustrates the use of

A. irony

B litotes

C. metaphor

D. metonymy


ANSWERS

16. An …….. is an indirect and usually unfavourable remark

A. allusion

B. irony

C aside

D. inuendo


17. Many hands make light work' illustrates

A. zeugma

B. hyperbole

C. metonymy

D. synecdoche


18. Through the ills of society are criticised with the objective of having them corrected

A. dramatic irony

B. comic relief

C. satire

D. farce


Read the following lines to answer questions 19 and 20


The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped

At the poor battered and weeping yacht.


19. The dominant literary device used in the lines is

A. simile

B. alliteration C. assonance

D. personification


20. The picture presented is one of

A. quiet sea

B. dark sky

C. stormy weather

D calm season


ANSWERS

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY


Read the passage and answer questions 21 and 25


He was under the siege of three union executive members. There was the Secretary standing over him. there was the Treasurer puffing away at a cigarette there was the Organiser lounging near the door, a deadpan look plastered on each of their faces like a death - marsk.

Incredulous, he sat in a pensive mood How could the others do such a thing? his discontent turned to silent anger that simmered.

"I think it is not right, "he said just managing not to explode from his growing anger.

"You sign that sheet. Mr. President,' ordered the Secretary in a barely audible but stem voice

' Why are you doing this" he asked, his voice not giving any hint of the boiling cauldron or screaming anger in his chest.

"Will you sign, Mr. President7"

"All right," he said, now seething amiably.

He took his pen, pick up the sheet of paper and looked over the signatures. Than he proceeded to tear up the paper – into shreds


21. The attitude of the writer towards the President is one of

A. contempt

B. disdain

C. disinterest

D. approval


22. The prevailing atmosphere is

A. tense

B. sad

C. smile

D. warm


23. The expression "plastered on each of Their faces like a death mask”

A. alliteration and metaphor

B. simile and personification

C. personification and alliteration

D. metaphor and simile


24. ………….. screaming anger"" is an example of

A. allusion

B. personification

C. simile

D. euphemism


25. The last paragraph illustrates

A. foreshadow

B. pathos

C. bathos

D climax


ANSWERS

Read the poem and answer questions 26 to 30.


We have come to the crossroads

And I must either leave or come with you

I lingered over the choice

But in the darkness of my doubts

You lifted the lamp of love

And I saw in your face

The road that I should take


26. The theme of the poem is

A. indecision

B. separation

C. rejected love

D. requited love


27. The speaker is

A. decisive

B frustrated

C. disappointed

D. angry


28. The dominant literary device used in the poem is

A. paradox

B. parody

C. metaphor

D. oxymoron


29. The mood of the poem is

A. jubilant

B. sad

C. gloomy

D. romantic


30. The poem can be described as

A. an epitaph

B. a iync

C. a lullaby

D. an elegv


ANSWERS

SECTION B

Answer all the questions in this section

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Othello


Read the extract and answer questions 31 to 35


So opposite to marriage that she shunned

The wealthy, curled darlings of our nation.

Would ever have, t’incur a general mock

Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom

Of such a thing as thou - to fear, not to delight?

(Act I Scene Two. lines 56 - 70)


31. The speaker is

A. Othello

B. Duke

C. Brabantio

D. Lago


32. The speaker is addressing

A. Cassio

B Brabantio

C. Roderigo

D. Othello


33. Sooty bosom" is a metaphor for

A. a black coat

B Othello

C. a breastplate

D. Lago


34. "Run from her guardage" refers to

A. Emilia

B. Desdemona

C. Bianca

D. Cassio's mistress


35. The setting is

A. another street outside the Sagittary

B. a seaport in Cyprus

C. a council chamber

D. the citadel


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 36 to 40.


For when my outward action doth demonstrate

The native act and figure of my heart

In complement extern, 'tis not long after

But I will wear my heart upon my sleeeve

For daws to peck at:

(Act I. Scene One lines 58 - 62)


36. The speaker is

A. Brabantio

B. Cassio

C. Gratano

D. Lago


37. The addressee is

A. Othello

B. Duke

C. Roderigo

D. Monm


38. What has happened to the speaker?

A. He has been fined

B. He has faflen out of tavoiv

C. He has been denied promotion

D. He has lost his job


39. The underlined expression shows that the speakers

A. jovial

B. insincere

C. polite

D. unfriendly


40. The setting is

A. a street m Venice

B. a street in Cyprus

C. outside the citadel .

D. a court before the citadel


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 41 to 45


Work on,

My medicine works! Thus credulous fools are caught,

And many worthy and chaste dames even thus,

All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord!

My lord, I say!

(Act IV, Scene One, lines 45 - 49)


41. The speaker is

A. Othello

B. lago

C. Lodovico

D. Bianca


42. The speaker is addressing

A. Cassio

B. Duke

C. herself

D. himself


43. Just before this speech

A. Othello falls into a trance

B. Biance flings a handkerchief at Cassio

C. Montano fights with Cassio

D. Roderigo is killed


44. "medicine" in the extract refers to the speaker's

A. hatred

B. passion

C. lies

D. loyalty


45. The character that enters immediately after is

A. lago

B. Emilia

C. Othello

D. Cassio


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer questions 46 to 50.


I am glad I have found this napkin

This was her first remembrance from the Moor.

My wayward husband hath a hundred times

Wooed me to steal it but she so loves the token

(For he conjured her she should ever keep it)

That she reserves it evermore about her

To kiss and talk to

(Act HI, Scene Three, lines 289 - 295)


46. The speaker is

A. Bianca

B. Emilia

C. Clown

D. Desdemona


47. The characters that just left the scene are

A. Othello and lago

B. Montano and Cassio

C. Othello and Desdemona

D. Gratiano and Desdemona


48. 'She' in the extract refers to

A. Bianca

B. Desdemona

C. Emilia

D. Musician


49. 'My wayward husband' refers to

A. Othello

B. lago

C. Cassio

D. Roderigo


50. In the extract "this napkin" is "the token" of love between

A. lago and Emilia

B. Cassio and Desdemona

C. Bianca and Cassio

D. Desdemona and Othello



WASSCE 2016 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

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


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