Literature Past Questions And Answers
This question is based on Femi Osofisan's Morountodun.
....We have no electric, and we still drink tanwiji from the stream. Many of our children are in jail... We protested and your police mounted expeditions to maim us and reduce our houses to ashes...'
The speech is made by
- A. Titubi role-playing Moremi
- B. Niniola role-playing Titubi
- C. Mama Kayode role-playing Baba
- D. Molade role-playing Marshal
AFRICAN PROSE
ASARE KONADU: A Woman In Her Prime
How does Pokuwaa cope with tradition in the novel?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2012 THEORYSpeaker: I think this tale would win 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)
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. Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter
NON-AFRICAN DRAMA
BERNARD SHAW: Arms and the Man
Examine the differences between Louka and Raina.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2012 THEORYRead the extract and answer questions
If after every tempest come such calms.
May the winds blow till they have wakened death,
And let the labouring bark climb hills of seas
Olympus-high, and duck again as low
As hell's from heaven. If it were now to die,
'T were now to be most happy: for I fear
My soul hath her content so absolute
That not another comfort like to this
Succeeds in unknown fate.
(Act II, Scene One, lines 179 - 187) 46.
The dominant images are associated with _______
- A. love
- B. nature
- C. sailing
- D. war
A technique by which a previous scene or action can be recalled in a play to shed light on the present action is
- A. Climax
- B. Flashback
- C. Interlude
- D. Cathersis
Based on Chimamanda Adichie's Purple Hibiscus, one of the changes introduced into St Agnes' Church by Father Benedict is that
- A. everyone must take holy communion
- B. there must be fasting every month
- C. the Credo must be recited in igbo
- D. the Kyrie must be rendered only in Latin
Read the poem and answer the question
Proud mothers of the coming age,
'Tis good to find you now engage
Your minds and time your lives to raise
Above the level of bygone days.
'Tis good to see you play your part
With spirit and undaunted heart,
It gives young Afric's throbbing soul
A glimpse of a bright and glorious goals.
God bless you, mothers of our race,
God cause to shine on you His face;
And give you strength and all you crave
To bring forth sons and daughters brave
The poet's tone is one of
- A. sadness
- B. joy
- C. condemnation
- D. sarcasm
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation
Periphrasis in poetic diction is marked by
- A. circumlocution
- B. irony
- C. proverb
- D. parable
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : I pray thee over -name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them. And according to my description level at my affection.
B : First there is the neapolitan prince.
A : Ay, that's a colt indeedd, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation his own good parts that he can shoe him himself. I am much afeared my lady his mother played false with a smith
Speaker A is
- A. Nerissa
- B. Portia
- C. Jessica
- D. Duke