Literature Past Questions And Answers
These question is based on Literary Appreciation.
Busy old fool
Unruly sun
Why dost thou thus
Through windows
And through curtains
Call on us?
J. Donne: The Sun Rising
The excerpts above suggests
- A. welcoming the sun
- B. indictment of the sun
- C. praise of nature
- D. invitation to the sun
Speaker: Let me speak like yourself and
Lay a sentence
Which, as a grise or step, may help these lovers, When
remediea are past, the griefs are ended
By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended
(Act !, Scene Three, lines 198-201)
The speaker is_________
- A. Brabantio
- B. Duke
- C. Montano
- D. Lodovico
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
An elegy is a poem that morns for the
- A. deceased
- B. beeaved
- C. accused
- D. king
This question is based on General Literary Principles
A structural arrangement of units of composition by which one element of equal importance with another is similarly placed is called
- A. repetition
- B. paradox
- C. refrain
- D. parallelism
JOHN, OSBORNE: Look Back in Anger
Comment on Alison's reactions to Jimmy's attacks on her family.
View Discussion (1)WAEC 2022 THEORYThis question is based on General literacy principles
A poet's use of regular rhythm is known as
- A. allegory
- B. assonance
- C. metre
- D. onomatopoeia
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Read the extract below and answer the following question:
That fallen am I in dark uneven way,
Come, thou gentle day;
For if but once thou show me thy grey light,
I'll find , and revenge this spite.
After the speech, the speaker- A. begins to dance
- B. laughs uncontrollably
- C. falls asleep
- D. starts crying
This question is based on Wole Soyinka's The Trials of Brother Jero.
Soyinka's depiction of Brother Jero in the play is
- A. literal
- B. graphic
- C. sentimental
- D. symbolic
A literary work is a satire when it
- A. finds fault
- B. humorously criticizes to improve a situation
- C. provokes laughter
- D. teaches a lesson for social improvement
Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest,Prospero is portrayed as a man who is
- A. eager to conquer the world
- B. full of mistrust for everybody
- C. more interested in studying than in governance
- D. dependent on the spirits of his survival