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JUNE 2022 WASSCE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: PAPER I: OBJECTIVE TEST
1. A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major characters is A. epistolary. B. gothic. C. historical. D. sociological.
2. The literary term describing individuals in a work ot literature is A. character. B. protagonist. C. narrator. D. villain.
3. Several hands stretched out for free
meals a the refugee camp illustrates
A. antithesis. B. euphemism. C. litotes. D synecdoche.
4. A short play performed between the acts of a bigger play for entertainment is A. an in media res. B. an interlude. C. an incantation. D. a deus-ex-machina.
5. In literature, the two components of
diction are A. sentence construction and punctuation. B. vocabulary and punctuation. C. syntax and sentence construction. D. vocabulary and syntax.
6. A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is A. an allegory. B. a fable. C. a novela. D. an epistle.
7. My bounty is as boundless as the sea My love as deep.
The above lines illustrate A. apostrophe. B. epigram. C. hyperbole. D. euphemism.
8. In drama, catharsis is the A. change
of setting B. conflict between two
characters. C. resolution of conflict. D.
purging of emotions from tension.
Read the extract below and answer
question 9 to 11.
A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian
Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the
brain
And drinking largely sobers us again.
9. The poem is A. allegoric. B. didactic. C. metaphysical. LD. romantic
10. The tone of the poet is A. jocular. B. harsh. C. mournful. D. sombre.
11. Lines 3 and 4 illustrate A. antithesis. B. Oxymoron. C. anti-climax. D. metonymy.
12. A word or a phrase that is repeated at regular intervals in a poem or a play is a A. dirge. B. refrain. lullaby. D.verse
13. The warriors conquered my men and my country illustrates the use of A paradox. B. lilotes. C. parallelism. D. zeugima.
14. Disguise in drama mostly portrays the theme of A. known identity. B. plain identity. C. unknown identity. D. mistaken identity.
15. Men Swift to see things done, do no Fun their commanding.
The underlined words exemplify A.
pun. B. end rhyme. C. paradox. D. internal rhyme.
16. An aside in drama is used mostly to create a sense of A. admiration. B.
conspiracy. C. greatness. D, superiority.
17. More haste, less speed illustrates the use of A. anaphora. B. paradox. C. litotes. D. synecdoche.
Read the following lines and answer question 18 to 20.
Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the
winds.
Poetry gets bored of being alone
It wants to go outdoors to chew the|
winds
18. The mental picture evoked in the above
lines is that of A. smell and touch. B.
sight and hearing. C. taste and touch.
D. sight and taste.
19. A novel that recounts the adventures
of a likeable rogue is A. panegyric. B.
gothic. C. picaresque. D. grotesque.
20. At the fall of their house, the widow lost her husband, her sewing machine and her ear-rings illustrates A. bathos. B. epigram. C. pathos. D. Oxymoron.
PART II
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25.
Marooned, Akpatse felt imprisoned. It
was fifteen days since the storm. The
flood waters were not receding; neither did Akpatse see any sign of help coming. Akpatse could not swim the expanse of flood waters. He meditated:
When one looks upon the mountain for help and help comes from the Lord… where does the Lord sit – In the cloud or on the mountain, or in the valley?
Well, Akpatse looked for salvation in
the distance, far across the ocean of
flood the intimidating expanse of his
great gaoler – up to where the sky and
the lips of the flood waters met in a
mocking kiss. He had forgotten the
feeling of hunger but knew he did not
have any energy. What a foolish thing
to think! He had not had any food for
days. True. But hunger never said hello from the hollow of his ‘person-tree’ as they say in his language. Akpatse saw no help coming.
21. The narrative technique used is A. Ist person. B. dialogue. C. 3rd person. D. stream of consciousness.
22. The reference to mountain illustrates A. allusion. B. irony. C. parallelism. D. antithesis.
23. flood waters met in a mocking kiss illustrates A. contrast. B. euphemism.
C. personification. D. litotes.
24. The overall feeling evoked by the passage is one ofA. anger. B. empathy. C. love. D. relief.
25. The last sentence conveys the mood or A. anxiety. B. despondency. C. excitement. D. nonchalance.
Read the poem below and answer
questions 26 to 30.
Your lies are the withering strokes
still, they come from the inner recesses of your dungeoned heart. And though venomous than the venom, they inspire
our once dociled minds to disorders even as your angels of death pass us by
with messages of hopeless hope
Did you read our mind in your lies?
We know the seat of power in a castle
of
your evil heart; where your lies are
imprisoned to be released again and
again; they are never in rain! But they
have soothed us calmly, your lies; the
war is not of you anymore, it is of the
angels who pass us by with message
of peace
26. The main theme oi the poem is A. evil of lying. B. hopeless nope. C. message of peace. D. message of war.
27. The tone of the speaker shows A. contentment. B. helplessness. . patience. D. resilience
28. Did you read our minds in your lies? Exemplifies A. personification. B.
Oxymoron. C. pathetic fallacy. D. rhe-
torical question.
29. Bul they have soothed us calmly, your lies illustrates A. paradox. B. irony. C. synecdoche. D. zeugma.
30. The last lines of both stanzas present A. negative but similar idcas. B. opposite ideas. C. positive but opposile ideas. D. similar ideas.
SECTION B
Answer all the questions in this sec-
lion.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: A MID-
SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
Read the extract below and answer
questions 31 to 35.
Go, Philostrate, Stir up the Athenian youth to mernments;
Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth;
Turn melancholy forth to funerals:
The pale companion is not for our
pomp.
Hippolyta, I wooed thee with my
sword,
And won thy love doing thee injuries;
But I will wed thee in another key,
With pomp, with triumph, and with
revelling
(Act I, Sccne One, Lines 12-20)
31. Who is the speaker? A. Demetrius B.4 Egeus C. Hermia D. Theseus
32. Philostrate is the A. clown of Hippolyta. B. Duke’s entertainer. C. fairy king’s cuckold. D. rival of Puck.
33. The speaker s attitude towards melancholy is A. adoration. B. dislike. C. intolerance. D. tolerance.
34. While the speaker is talking, A. Egeus departs. B. Flute arrives. C. the fairies sing. D. Philostrate departs.
35. To win Hippolyta’s love, the speaker A. disowned his friends. B. had to fight against her. C. killed his father D. sent Puck away.
Read the extract below and answer
questions 36 to 40.
Speaker X: Thou runaway, thou cow-
ard, art thou fled?
Speak! In some bush? Where
dost thou hide thy head?
Speaker Y: Thou coward, art thou
bragging to the stars,
Telling the bushes that
thou look’st for wars,
And wilt not come? Come, recreant,
come,
thou child:
T’ll whip thee with a rod. He is defiled
That draws a sword on thee.
(Act 11, Scene Two, Lines 405-411)
36. Speakers X and Y are A. Demetrius and Puck. B. Lysander and Demetrius. C. Hermia and Helena. D. Lysander and Puck.
37. Speaker Y speaks in the voice of A. Bottom. B. Demetrius. C. Oberon. D. Lysander
38. Speaker Y’s inltention is to stop a A plan. B fight. C. plot. D. flight.
39. The wars are over A. Helena. B. Titania C. Hermia D. Hippolyta.
40. Speaker Y’s speech can be described as A. cowardly. B. solemn. C. taunting. D. silly.
Read the extract below and answer
questions 41 to 45.
… seest thou this sweet sight?
Her dotage now I do begin to pity,
For meeting her of late behind the|l.
wood,
Seeking sweet favours for this hateful
fool,
I did upbraid her, and fall out with her.
For she his hairy temples then had
rounded
With coronet of fresh and fragrant
flowers;
(Act IV, Scene One, Lines 42 -48)
41. The speaker is A. Egeus. B. Oberon. C. Puck. D. Theseus.
42. The relationship between the speaker and thou in the first line is one of A. companionship. B. friendship. C. King and courtier. D. master and errand boy.
43. this sweet sight refers to A. Bottom and Titania. B. Demetrius and Helena. C. Lysander and Hermia. D. Pyramus and Thisbe.
44. The pair are lovers by A. accident. B. fate C. design. D. fortune.
45. The speaker appears to be A. blaming himself. B. commending the addressee C. enjoying himself. D. lamenting the sight.
Read the extract below and answer
Questions 46 to 50.
… 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)
46. The speaker is A. Bottom. B. Puck. C. Quince. D. Pease blossom.
47. The speaker has just come out ot A. an appalling experience. B. a nightmare. C. an induced sleep. D. a rehearsal.
48. The architect of the speaker’s current state is A. Hippolyta. B. Oberon. C. Titania. D. Theseus.
49. It is a state of A. deception. B. ignorance. C. illusion. D. innocence.
50. The speaker’s language is best described as A. comic. B. satiric. C. conceit. D. metaphoric.
Below is solution to 2022 WAEC Literature in English Objectives Questions with detailed explanations.
Answers
1. B: gothic
A novel that features spiritual apparitions as major characters is gothic.
Gothic novels are known for featuring
supernatural characters. Apart from
that, gothic novels are scary in nature.
They create fear and horror. They are
also known as ghost novels or novels
of horror. Features of gothic novels are given below:
i. Supernatural characters
ii.Fear and horror
iii. Tyrannical hero
iv. Vengeance
V. Passion and emotionality
Examples of gothic novel include
The Castle of Otranto by Horace
Walpole and Wuthering Heights by
Emile Bronte.
2. A: character
The literary term describing individuals in a work of literature is character.
Character is the description of individuals in a literary work based on their roles. The two types of character are round character (the one that changes in the course of events in a literary work) and flat character (the one that does not change in the course of events in a literary work). Characterization on the other hand is the way the characters are portrayed to the reader or audience in a literary work.
3. D: synecdoche
The expression “several hands stretched out for free meals at the refugee camp illustrates synecdoche.
Synecdoche is a figure of speech in
which the part is used to represent the whole. Other examples include:
i.Lend me your ears.
ii. All hands must be on deck to carry out the project.
ii. We need to appcal to all
minds concerned.
4. B: interlude
A short play performcd between the
acts of a bigger play for cntertainment
is known as interude. In other words,
interlude can be a form of a playwith-in a bigger play. Examples of plays where we have play-within-a-play are
i. The Lion and the Jewel by Wole Soyinka, A Midsummer Nighl s Dream and Hamlet by William Shakespeare.
5. D: diction
In literature, the two components of
diction are vocabulary and synlax.
Diction is the choice of words in a literary work. This in other words means the vocabulary used. For instance there are words having to do with animals in the poem “The Leader and the Led” by Niyi Osundare. These refer to the diction or vocabulary (choice of words). Syntax on the other hand is the structural arrangement of words in a literary work comprising the sentence elements such as subject, verb, object, adjunct, etc. For instance, when there is an inversion (reversal of the sentence structure), the meaning and tone of an expression could be affected (especially in poetry)
6. A: allegory
A story with elements that have both
literary and figurative meanings is an
allegory. Allegory is a literary work
particularly a story) in which characters and events are used to represent certain symbolic meanings. Allegory is a symbolic expression in story acted out by humans, animals or mythical characters. An example is Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan.
7. C. hyperbole
The expression “My bounty is as
boundless as the seal My love as deep” illustrates hyperbole. Hyperbole is a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used. Exaggeration means overstating something (making it more important, serious or worse than it is).
Other examples are given below:
i. Her beauty beats the world’s imagination.
ii. This is the ugliest thing in the
world.
8. D: catharsis
In drama, catharsis is the purgation of emotions from tension. According to Aristotle, catharsis is that quality of
a tragic play that makes the audicnce
to sympathize with the tragic hero or
heroine often lcading to the purgation
of emotion of intense fear and pity. In
other words, catharsis is the reaction
or emotions produced in the audience
through the events in a play.
9. B: didactic
The poem is didactie (it teaches moral). The moral of the poem is that everything should be done in moderation.
“A little learning is a dangerousthing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian
Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the
brain
And drinking largely sobers us again.
10. A: jocular
The tone of the poet is jocular (playful or funny).
11. A: antithesis
Lines 3 and 4 of the poem illustrate
antithesis. Antithesis is the juxtapo-
sition of contradictory or opposite
statements as in the lines 3 and 4 of
the poem:
“The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us
again.”
Other examples of antithesis are
given below:
i. Many are called but few are chosen.
ii. To err is human; to forgive is
divine.
iii. Marriage has many pains but
celibacy has no pleasure.
12. B: refrain
A word or phrase that is repeated at
regular intervals in a poem or a play
is a refrain. In other words, refrain is
a line or group of lines that recurs at
regular intervals in a poem, especially
at the ends of verses.
13. D: zeugma
The expression The warriors conquered my men and my country” illustrates zeugma. Zeugma is a figure
of speech known as yoking together.
It is the use of one verb control two nouns or noun phrases. For example ”
my men and my country”. More
examples are given below:
i. He won her mind and her brocade.
ii. We won the prize and their nonour.
ii. She lost her job and her prestige.
14. D: disguise
Disguise in drama mostly portrays the
theme of mistaken identity. In most
cases, disguise is employed in comedy. Disguise is a situation where one character impersonates another character or appears to be someone else in drama. When this occurs, the theme of mistaken identity is accentuated.
An example is She Stoops to Conquer
by Oliver Goldsmith where Miss Kate
Hardcastle disguises to be a maid in
order to deceive Young Marlow.
15. A:
In the expression “Men shift to see
things done, do not run their commanding, there is pun because the two words “done” and “run are
played upon. Pun is playing on words
to achieve some significant effects.
Through the use of pun, a word can
assume two significant meanings. Examples are given below:
i. The rest has been given to the rest.
ii. I was singing while they were sinking.
16. B:
An aside in drama is mostly used to
create a sense of conspiracy. An aside
is a whispered statement or expression between one character and another or one character and the audience which is made outside the knowledge of other characters. It is used to create a sense of conspiracy or express secret. Most times characters use aside to communicate information that they don’t want others to know.
17. B: paradox
The expression “More haste, less
speed” illustrates the use of paradox.
Paradox is a figurative expression that sounds contradictory on the surface but have deeper meaning than it suggests. More examples of paradox are given below:
i. The more you look the less you see.
ii. The saddest people are the happiest people.
18. D: imagery
The mental pictures evoked in the
given expression or lines are those
of sight and taste. Imagery is the use
of words to create mental pictures by
appealing to the senses. The sense of
sight is achieved through the expression “poetry get bored” while
sense of taste is achieved through the
expression “chew the wind”.
19. C: picaresque
A novel that recounts the adventures of a likeable rogue is picaresque. A picaresque is a novel whose hero/heroine or protagonist is a rogue (thief) with admirable quality. The character finds himself or herself in the habit of stealing because that is the only alternative to surviving the hardship of the time.
Picaresque novel or novels where
we have roguish heroes or heroines
include Moll Flanders and Robinson
Crusoe, both written by Daniel Defoe.
20. A: bathos
The expression is bathos (from the
sublime to the ridiculous). Bathos (in
writing or speech) is a sudden descent
in style or manner from the elevated to the commonplace, producing
a ridiculous or ludicrous effect. The
expression assumes a descent from
the serious and important house to
the unserious and unimportant “ear
rings”.
21. C: third person
The narrative technique used is third
person. In third person point of view,
the nairator assumes the role of an observer and there is use of third person pronouns such as”he” and “she”. The narrator observes everything about the character and even brings out the thoughts of the character. The third person point of view can either be limited or omniscient depending on the depth. If the narrator reveals the thoughts of the character as in the first paragraph of the given passage, there is use of strean of consciousness which is also an atribute of third person narrative technique or point of view.
22. A: allusion
The reference to “mountain in the
given example illustrates allusion (Biblical allusion to be precise).
Allusion is the art of making rererence in writing. This is when reterence is made to events outside the text but which are related thematically to the text.
23. C: personification
The expression Flood waters met in
a mocking kiss” illustrates personification. Personiication is the attribution of animate qualities to inanimate objects. In the expression, the human attribute of “kiss” is given to the inanimate “flood waters”. More examples are given below:
i. My pen talked at length on the pages of the paper.
ii. This adage has been speaking
for us but we did not listen.
24. B: empathy
The overall feeling evoked by the passage is one of empathy (the ability to identify with and understand somebody else’s feelings or difficulties).
The passage evokes the feeling of empathy as the readers are made to understand what the protagonist Akpatse feels.
25. B: despondency
The last sentence conveys the mood
of despondency (hopelessness and
discouragement). This is evident in
the expression “Akpatse saw no help
coming
26. A:
The main theme of the poem is evil
of lying. In the poem, lying is seen as
venomous” and angels of death with
messages of hopeless hope”.
27. B: tone
The tone of the speaker shows hopelessness. Tone is the attitude of the poet which finds expression in the language of the poem. The speaker’s tone of hopelessness is shown n the line with messages of hopeless hopes.
Also, the whole poem conveys the
speaker’s tone of hopelessness.
28. D: rhetorical question
The expression Did you read our 3-
minds in your lies? exemplifies rhe torical question. A rhetorical ques-
tion is a question that does not anticipate answer. It is asked to accentuate the message being passed across in a poem or to create more iterest in the minds of the readers.
29. B: irony
The expression “But they have soothed us calmly. your lies” is an irony, Irony is an expression that states the opposite of what is expected. In the given expression, it is ironical that “lies”
which are meant to produce unpleasant effects in the people now *soothed”them “calmly”. Other examples of irony are given below:
i. Our leaders love us: that is why they kill us.
ii. The brilliant student failed the examination.
30. A:
The last lines of both stanzas present
negative but similar ideas. Both lines
convey the theme of hopelessness in
the poem.
31. D: Theseus
The speaker is Theseus the Duke of
Athens. The extract is the preparation
for the wedding between Theseus and
Hippolyta while Philostrate who is
the master of the revels is expected to
spread the news of the wedding to the Athenians and see to its ceremonies.
32. B:
Philostrate is the Duke’s entertainer
Philostrate sees to the ceremonies of
the wedding between the Duke and his Duchess Hippolyta. He also chooses the play to be acted on the day of the wedding between the two.
33. B:
The speaker’s aititude towards melancholy is dislike. The speaker hates melancholy (feeling of sadness) and tells Philostrate to “turn melancholy forth to funerals” because such sadness is not expected in a wedding ceremony.
It is meant for those who mourn.
34. D:
While the speaker (Duke) is talking,
Philostrate departs to spread the news
of the wedding to the Athenians.
35. B:
To win Hippolyta’s love, the speaker
(Duke) had to fight against her. Hip-
polyta was the Queen of the Amazons.
Amazons were women warriors in the Greek mythology.
36. A: Demetrius and Puck
Speakers X and Y are Demetrius and
Puck. To undo the mistake of Puck by
mistaking Lysander for Demetrius, he
has to look for an avenue to make the
two ‘fight’. Puck speaks in Lysander’s
voice, taunting Demetrius while he
uses that occasion to draw them apart.
Lysander sleeps and Puck removes
the magical power from his eyes and
Demetrius is left to loving Helena
while Lysander’s love for Hermia
comes back.
37. D:
Speaker Y (Puck) speaks in the voice
of Lysander.
38. B:
Speaker Y’s intention is to stop a fight
Over Helena. As a result of Puck’s
mistake. Demetrius and Lysander
now love Helena while Hermia is left
alone. Demetrius and Lysander fight over Helena; Helena and Hermia also fight.
39. A: Helena who is now being loved by Demetrius and Lysander as a result of the magical power (flower).
40. C: taunting
Speaker Y’s speech can be described
as taunting (provoking or inciting
someone to fight).
41. B: Oberon
The spcaker is Oberon, king of the
fairies.
42. D:
The relationship between the speaker
(Oberon) and thou (Puck) in the first
line is one of master and errand boy.
Puck is Oberon’s errand boy. Puck is
also known as Robin Goodfellow.
43. Bottom and Titania
The expression “this sweet sight” refers to Bottom and Titania. Titania
has been induced to fall in love with
anything she sees be it animal or beast after waking up. Unfortunately, she falls in love with Bottom whose head has been turned to that of an ass by Puck.
44. C:
The lovers are lovers by design.
Oberon and Puck caused the two to
fall in love through magic.
45. D:
The speaker appears to be lamenting
the sight. Oberon pities Titania; he
now plans to undo what has been done.
46. A: Bottom
The speaker is Bottom. Bottom, one
of the actors and artisans in the play
and well known for acting Pyramus,
has just woken up from a nightmare.
47. B:
The speakcr (Bottom) has just woken
up from a nightmare. Bottom has been made to be loved by Titania. This happened immediately Puck furned his head into that of an ass.
48. B: Oberon
The architect of the speaker’s current
state is Oberon. To get the changeling
boy whom Titania has denied him,
Oberon orders Puck to get a flower
whose juice is to make one fall in love
if squeezed on one’s eyes. Puck gets
the flower and Oberon uses it on Titania’s eyes causing her to fall in love with Puck (the first person she sees on waking up). During this period of illusion, Oberon gets the changeling boy from Titania.
49. C: illusion
It is a state of illusion: something that
deceives the sense and mind by appearing to exist when it is not.
50. A: comical
The speaker’s language is best described as comical (funny). This is evident in the repetition of “me thought”and the expression that follows:
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 con-
ceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was.
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