Literature Past Questions And Answers
AFRICAN PROSE ISIDORE OKPEWHO: The Last Duty
Examine the role of Major Ali in the novel.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2006 THEORYRead the stanza and answer this question
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'
The lines constitute
- A. an epic
- B. a quatrain
- C. an ode
- D. a sestet
Read the poem below and answer the question
Thou art the judge of man
Judging his plans and behaviour
Judging his speech and egotism
You are the patient Judge
Nations plan without having thee in view
They boast of their will
But soon you show them their follies
You are the patient Judge
Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there
Time smiles and laughs
He frowns his face and consults with fate
You are the patient Judge
The extract teaches us to use time
- A. to the fullest
- B. wisely
- C. to plan
- D. for pleasure
This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Syinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature-in-Enghish; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.)west African Verse.
Mohan Singh's A Village girl centers on
- A. the description of a village girl
- B. beauty and its appreciation
- C. man in nature
- D. the elegance of a girl
''But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates
- A. metaphor
- B. apostrophe
- C. oxymoron
- D. metonymy
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster? (act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The ''lie'' is that the speaker is a/an
- A. drunkard
- B. coward
- C. ass
- D. idiot
BUCHI EMECHETA: Second Class Citizen
How are women treated in the novel?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2021 THEORYThis question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
The image of Beelzebub in the novel effectively captures the character of
- A. Simon
- B. Ralph
- C. Bill
- D. Jack
A limerick has
- A. ornate style, humour, irony and seven lines
- B. formal and elaborate style and humour
- C. humour,rhyme scheme and five lines
- D. a stinging climax, rhyme scheme, and five lines
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
Melodrama is a theatrical performance in which
- A. the serious is treated in a satirical way
- B. subordination of characterization to plot occurs
- C. music and dance predominate
- D. evil triumphs over good