Literature Past Questions And Answers
In poetry.....consist of four lines
- A. a sestet
- B. a quatrain
- C. an octave
- D. a tercet
The voice of reason in the 'Harvest of Corruption' is exemplified in the character of___________
- A. Ochuole
- B. Ogeyi
- C. Madam Hoha
- D. Aloho
He sits under the bough utters a loud cough, wipes his sweating brow and gives the dog a blow.
The extract illustrates......rhyme
- A. masculine
- B. eye
- C. internal
- D. end
Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this?
Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that
Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites?
For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl!
He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage
Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion.
Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle
From her propriety, What is the matter, masters?
Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving
Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee
Iago: I do not know
(Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165)
To Othello, Iago is________________
- A. Sincere
- B. A negligent guard
- C. Untrustworthy
- D. A loyal senator
A novel that recounts the adventures of a likeable rogue is
- A. panegyric
- B. gothic
- C. picaresque
- D. grotesque
These question are based on selected poems from Ker, D.et al (eds.)New poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu K.E. and Vincent, T.(eds.): A Selection of African poetry;Umukoro, M et al (eds.): Exam focus:Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A.E.et al (eds): Longman Examination Guide and Nwoga, D.I. (eds.): West African Verse.
In Kunene's A heritage of liberation, the poet persona requests that the weapon of warfare be handed to their
- A. relations
- B. grand children
- C. families
- D. friends
The factor which led to the collapse of the Benin Empire was
- A. tribalism
- B. betrayal
- C. imperialism
- D. cheiftaincy title
NON-AFRICAN DRAMA
OSCAR WILDE: The Importance of Being Earnest
How important is marriage in the play?
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 THEORYRead the extract below and answer the following questions
... Man is but an ass if he go about to
expound this dream. Methought I was - there
is no man can tell
what. Methought I was, and methought I had -
but man is
But a patched fool, if he will offer
To say what methought I
had. The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of
man hath not
seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his
tongue to conceive, nor
his heart to report, what my dream was
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 201 - 207)
The speaker is
- A. Bottom
- B. Puck
- C. Quince
- D. Peaseblossom
The major source of action in any narrative is
- A. exposition
- B. conflict
- C. climax
- D. epilogue