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THEORY QUESTIONS
WAEC SYLLABUS

WASSCE 2017

Objectives



1. A praise poem is .

A. a ballad.

B. a panegyric.

C. an allegory.

D. an epigram


2. literary work in which the characters are animals is a

A. lampoon.

B. fable.

C. parody.

D. pantomime


3. A short single act drama is called

A. opera.

B. allusion.

C. farce.

D. playlet. ,


Use the following line to answer question 4

Through the trees III hear a single ringing sound, a cowbell


4. The underlined is an example of ……… rhyme.

A. end.

B. feminine.

C. internal

D. masculine.


Read the following lines and answer questions 5 to 7.

Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings.

This painted child of dirt, that slinks and stings.


5. The alliteration in stinks and stings effectively conveys

A. distaste.

B. admiration.

C. indifference.

D. approval.


ANSWERS

6. The poet's intention is to

A. create humour.

B. arouse sympathy.

C. create fun.

D. show contempt.


7. The lines illustrate

A. blank verse

B. end rhyme.

C. internal rhyme.

D. free verse.


8. A play on words for literary effect is

A. a paradox.

B. apun.

C. a Satire.

D. an elegy.


9. 'It is a matter of sad joy' illustrates

A. metonymy.

B. oxymoron

C. euphemism.

D. irony.


10. The leading character in a literary work is the

A. foil.

B. villain.

C. antagonist.

D. protagonist.


ANSWERS

11. A long narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is an

A. epilogue.

B. epitaph.

C. epic.

D. epigram


12. Over the cobbles it clattered and crashed is an example of

A. oxymoron.

B. pun.

C. onomatopoeia.

D. paradox.


13. An essential feature of drama is

A. soliloquy.

B. conflict.

C. irony.

D. aside.


14. A humorous poem with five lines, the first two rhyming with the last is

A. an ode.

B. sestet.

C. octave

D. a limerick.


15. Death be not proud, though some have called the mighty and dreadful is an example of

A. euphemism.

B. metaphor.

C. apostrophe.

D. alliteration.


ANSWERS

16. An essential part of the plot is

A. characterization.

B. exposition.

C. atmosphere.

D. foreshadow.


17. The climax in a literary work is the

A. middle.

B. beginning,

C. central part of the dialogue.

D. peak of the conflict.


18. Dramatis personae is the same as

A. chorus

B. prompter.

C. foil.

D. cast.


19. Ten thousand saw I at a glance……….illustrates

A. caesura

B. climax

C. bathos.

D. hyperbole.


20. Catharsis is normally associated with

A. pantomime.

B. tragedy.

C. comedy

D. farce.


ANSWERS

PART II

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY


Read the Passage and answer Questions 21 - 25.


We did not go to school on that Friday morning. The night before had been rough. It was turbulent and scary. The strange cry "non-indigenes must go" rent the air. Little did 1 know what it meant. That cry all the same haunted me in my sleep. My dreams were horrible. Why was Mum so trouble? Why was Dad suddenly so pale and sickly? That night Mum and Dad had a foreboding silence. They looked at each other, they did not smile. They were utterly silent. Their silence spoke millions. Fear ruled the night. When the family bell summoned us to the family altar, it seemed that it tolled its last for the humans. Death smelled in the air, death was in the eyes ... But why? We were not told. Yes, during the prayer at the family altar, Dad had told us there was trouble in town. No one who was a non-indigene was safe.


21. The dominant feeling in the passage is that of

A. hostility

B. anger

C. anxiety

D. bitterness.


22. This feeling is conveyed by the use of

A. long sentences.

B. visual images.

C. tactile images.

D. short sentences.


23. Their silence spoke millions illustrates

A. oxymoron.

B. litotes.

C. antithesis.

D. assonance.


24. Their family bell summoned us is an example of

A. apostrophe.

B. personification.

C. allusion.

D. euphemism.


25. The passage is

A. in first person.

B. in third person.

C. a dialogue.

D. a monologue.


ANSWERS

Read the poem and answer questions 26 to 30


I know not, Amina

When again on your brightness of smile

My eyes will rest awhile.

Nor when again of your softness of voice

My ears will drink by eager choice

When again into the silver moonshine

You early at night or late venture

As is your wont in weather fine Astute, awake in bed as doters may, I'll lie

Dreaming of grasping your velvety texture.


26. The first stanza is a

A. tercet.

B. couplet.

C. quatrain.

D. sestet.


27. The poem evokes the senses of

A. smell and sight.

B. smell and hearing.

C. sight and hearing.

D. touch and smell.


28. The dominant literary device used in the poem is

A. allusion.

B. repetition.

C. allegory.

D. metonymy.


29. The poet's tone is one of

A. anxiety.

B. defiance.

C. nostalgia.

D. regret.


30. My ears will drink by eager choice illustrates

A. oxymoron.

B. onomatopoeia.

C. synecdoche.

D. meiosis.


ANSWERS

SECTION B

Answer all the question in this section


W ILLIAM SHAKESPARE: Othello

Read the extract and answer Questions 31 to 35


Speaker: I think this tele would with my daughter too.

Good Brabantio. take up this mangled matter at the best.

Men do their broken weapons rather use

Than their bare hands.

(Act 1, Scene Three, lines 171 -174)


31. The speaker is

A. Duke.

B. Othello.

C. Brabantio.

D. Cassio.


32. The tale being referred to is

A. Duke's war exploits.

B. Brabantio's rejection of the Othello and Desdemona relationship.

C. Othello's war exploits.

D. Cassio's promotion as Othello's lieutenant.


33. ………. this tale justifies

A. Roderigo's unrequited love for Desdemona.

B. Cassio's promotion above lago.

C. Desdempna's attraction to Othello.

D. Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter.


34. The underlined expression means

A. seek counsel elsewhere.

B. wait till the war is ended.

C. take your revenge.

D. make the best out of this.


35. According to the speaker.

A. the tale was good enough to win a woman's heart.

B. the fight was unnecessary.

C. the charges were a waste of time.

D. there w ere other matters demanding the attention of the Saute.


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer Questions 36 to 40

Othello: So please your grace, my ancient

A man he is of honestv and trust

To his conveyance 1 assign my wife.

With what else needful your good grace shall dunk

To be sent after me.

(Act L Scene Three, lines 279-283)


36. Othello is speaking to

A. Brabantio.

B. Duke.

C. Montano.

D. Roderigo.


37. The speech illustrates the use of

A. irony.

B. litotes.

C. paradox.

D. crank relief.


38. A man he is of honesty and trust refers to

A. cassio

B. Lodovico.

C. Gratiarto

D. Lago


39. OTHELLO IS LEAVING TO

A. FIGHT IN RHODES.

B. MAKE PEACE WITH THE TURKS

C. MEET THE GOVERNOR OF CYPRUS.

D. TAKE OVER THE GOVERNORSHIP OF CYPRUS.


40. OTHELLO THEN

A. LEAVES WITH DESDEMONA.

B. ENTRUSTS DESDEMONA TO LAGO'S CARE.

C CALLS HIS LIEUTENANT

D. CONFERS WITH THE DUKE.


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer Questions 41 to 45


LAGO: MERE PRATTLE WITHOUT PRACTICE

IS ALL HIS SOLDIERSHIP. BUT BE. SIR HAD TH" ELECLION:

AND I. OF WHOM HIS EV ES HAD SEEN THE PROOF

AT RHODES, A CYPRUS, AND ON OTHER GROUNDS

_ MUST BE BELEE 'D AND CALMED

BY DEBITOR AD CREDITOR.

(ACT I. SCENE ONE, LINES 23-28)


41. His soldiership REFERS TO

A. RODERIGO.

B. MONTANO.

C. CASSIO.

D. BRABANTIO.


42. SIR REFERS TO

A. CASSIO.

B. RODERIGO.

C. OTHELLO.

D. DUKE.


43. BGO

A. WANTS TO GO TO CYPRUS WITH OTHELLO.

B. DOES NOT REGARD RODERIGO AS A GOOD SOLDIER.

C. IS BITTER ABOUT CASSIO'S APPOINTMENT AS LIEUTENANT.

D. HAS BEEN PLACED IN CHARGE OF DESDEMONA.


44. HIS EVES REFERS TO

A. LODOVICO.

B. CASSIO.

C. OTHELLO.

D. DUKE.


45. THE SETTING IS

A. THE CASTLE.

B.CYPRUS.

C. A SEA-PORT.

D.VENICE.


ANSWERS

Read the extract and answer Questions 46 to 50


SPEAKER: MY WIFE! MY WIFE! WHAT WIFE?

I HAVE NO WIFE.

OR INSUPPORTABLE! O HEAVY HOUR!

ME THINKS H SHOULD BE NOW A HUGE

ECLIPSE OF SUN AND MOON, AND THAI TH

AFLRIGHTED GLOBE

SHOULD YAWN AT ALTERATION.

(ACT Y, SCENE TWO, LINES 97-101)


46. THE SPEAKER IS

A. LAGO.

B.OTHELLO

C. BRABANTIO.

D. DUKE.


47. THE FIRST TWO LINES EXPRESS THE SPEAKER'S

A. LONELINESS.

B. FEAR.

C. CONFUSION.

D. REGRET.


48. THE speaker has JUST

A. DIVORCED HIS WIFE.

B. ARRIVED HOME FROM WAR.

C. HAD A NIGHTMARE

D. SMOTHERED HIS WIFE.


49. THE SPEECH IS PROVOKED BY

A. EMILIA'S CALL.

B. LAGO'S TREACHERY

C. CASSIO'S COOFESSION.

D. DESDEMONA'S PLEA.


50. THE UNDERLINED EXPRESSION SUGGESTS THAT

A. THERE IS AN IMMINENT ECLIPSE.

B. LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN FOR THE SPEAKER.

C. NOTHING WILL CHANGE.

D. THERE IS AN IMPENDING DANGER FOR THE SPEAKER.



WASSCE 2017 LITERATURE IN ENGLISH OBJECTIVE TEST

ANSWERS

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


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