Waec 2004 Literature Past Questions And Answers
The dominant literary device in the poem is
- A. personification
- B. simile
- C. onomatopoeia
- D. alliteration
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : Let me choose,
For as I am, live upon the rack.
B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess
What treason there is mingled with your love.
(Act Three Scene 11)
The ''rack'' symbolizes
- A. confession
- B. torture
- C. penitence
- D. danger
Read the poem below and answer the question Dillgent foot-worker legs lithe, foot loose to frantic drums and frenetic flutes Acrobat strokes swift in the air wrought masterly like a frenzied antelope Gyrating to the April music of the lush Savannah The poem is an example of a/an
- A. lyric
- B. ode
- C. pastoral
- D. ballad
Read the extract below and answer the question
This kindness will I show.
Go with me to a notary; seal me there
Your single bond, and , in a merry sport,
If you repay me not on such a day,
....let the forfeit
Be nominated for an equal pound....
(Act One Scene 111)
The ''Kindness'' is to be repaid within
- A. one month
- B. three months
- C. one year
- D. a life -time
Pick the odd item
- A. comedy
- B. prose
- C. drama
- D. poetry
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
The persons created of presented in a literary work are
- A. heroes
- B. actors
- C. clowns
- D. characters
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
The attitude of Speaker A to the person mentioned by Speaker B is one of
- A. affection
- B. contempt
- C. indifference
- D. resignation
The last five lines make use of......imagery
- A. tacile
- B. auditory
- C. gustatory
- D. visual
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : Let me choose,
For as I am, live upon the rack.
B : Upon the rack, Bassanio? then confess
What treason there is mingled with your love.
(Act Three Scene 11)
Speaker A had earlier been advised to
- A. pause a day or two
- B. forgo the opportunity
- C. pause a week or month
- D. exploit the opportunity