Literature Past Questions And Answers
This question is based on Abubakar Gimba's Witnesses to Tears
In the novel, Al-Amin's initial reservations about his daughter's engagement to Lahab are informed by
- A. a premonition of his death
- B. Lahab's doubtful morality
- C. Hussaina's immaturity
- D. his fear of loneliness
'The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.'
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
- A. repitition
- B. alliteration
- C. paradox
- D. rhyme scheme
This question is based on Ayi Kwei Armah's 'The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born.'
'' The old man himself does not believe in it
But when people see you doing something to get ahead, they become jealous and shout the slogans against you .''
What is being referred to in these lines?
- A. Christianity
- B. Pan Africanism
- C. Socialism
- D. Capitalism
The indication that Soyinka's The Lion and the Jewel is culturally set is its use of_____
- A. dance and songs
- B. flashback.
- C. foreshadowing
- D. irony
Read the extract below and answer the question
Alack, what heinous sin is it in me
To be ashamed to be my father's child!
But though I am a daughter to his blood
I am not to his manners.....
(Act 11 Scene Three lines 15 - 18)
''I will feed fat the ancient gradge'' illustrates
- A. metonymy
- B. contrast
- C. apostrophe
- D. metaphor
AFRICAN DRAMA
ATHOL FUGARD: Sizwe Bansi is Dead.
Give an account of the preparations for Ford's visit to the Assembly Plant.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2009 THEORYThis question is based on zaynab Alkali's The Stillborn.
Grandma informs Li in the novel that her salt-pot is empty because
- A. she wants to extract money from Li's pocket money
- B. she knows Li has had a gift of money recently
- C. Li's mother would give her some
- D. grandfather will never part with his money for salt
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 literary device used in line 7 is
- A. conceit
- B. personification
- C. hyperbole
- D. pathos
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Hamlet
Read the extract and answer the question
Do not forget: this visitation
Is but to what thy almost blunted purpose
But, look, amazement as thy mother sits:
O, step between her and her fighting soul:
(Act 111, scene four, lines 107 -110)
The speaker is
- A. Queen' s closet
- B. Queen's room
- C. hall
- D. palace
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The term given to a type of incident or device which recurs frequently in Literature is
- A. motif
- B. ritual
- C. myth
- D. concept