WAEC Literature in English 2000 Past Questions

A short and witty poem is known as

A literary work which extols one's virtues and accomplishments is

George Orwell's Animal Farm is an example of a

A poem of lamentation on death is

The misuse of words that sound somewhat similar is

The main character in a literary work is the

A speech delivered by a character who is alone on the stage is

A sonnet may be divided into an octave and a

''All hands on deck'' is an example of

In poetry.....consist of four lines

The dominant device used in the lines above is

In the above lines, ''flow,'' and ''show''

The above lines constitute a

''I have read Shakespeare' is an example of

Twelfth Night is an example of

In ''The fair breeze below, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free, the dominant device used is

An address to an object or person not present is

The expression '' poisonous pleasure of wine'' Illustrates the use of

A non-verbal story-telling by a character on stage is

A character that develops with events and situations in a novel is a ......character

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

The poem says that ''Joy'' is

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

The dominant device used in presenting ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

The feelings associated with ''Jy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

''False glare'' refers to

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
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Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

''Pleasure's moth'' is an example of a (n)

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The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

A suitable title for the passage is the

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The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

The writer's mood is one of

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The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

The mood is expressed through the use of

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The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

The attitude of the survivors is best summed up by the word

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The long column of misery tended continually to grow longer, as the more robust struggled to get as far as possible from the pursuing French, and as the weaker fell farther and farther behind. There were enough weaklings in all conscience; even in summer the had been badly clothed, and even in victory insufficiently fed, and now it was winter, and Espinosa had been fought and lost, and the route of the retreat lay away from the fertile plains and up into the inhospitable mountains. The rain had fallen upon them in deluges for days and now as they climbed higher it was turning into sleet. and a bitter cold wind blew. Ahead of them they could see the snow lying thick on the mountain passes through which they would have to climb, without food or fuel or rest, and with the terror of the French to urge them on. Disease had come inevitably to complete the work so well begun by hunger, exposure, and the sword

The device used in the last sentence is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
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So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)

The speaker is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
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So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)

''Element'' in the third line refers to the

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
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So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)

The report is made to

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
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So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)

The one referred to by the speaker is

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night
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So please my lord, I might not be admitted;
But from her handmaid to return this answer:
The element itself, till seven years heat,
Shall not behold her face at ample view......
(Act 1 Scene 1)

The message is in connection with

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A : Will you stay no longer nor will you not that I go with you?
B : By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the
Malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours;
therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone
(Act II Scene 1)

The above dialogue is between

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A : Will you stay no longer nor will you not that I go with you?
B : By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the
Malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours;
therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone
(Act II Scene 1)

Speaker B requests Speaker A to

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A : Will you stay no longer nor will you not that I go with you?
B : By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the
Malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours;
therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone
(Act II Scene 1)

Speaker B is

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A : Will you stay no longer nor will you not that I go with you?
B : By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the
Malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours;
therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone
(Act II Scene 1)

The scene of his action is

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A : Will you stay no longer nor will you not that I go with you?
B : By your patience, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the
Malignancy of my fate might, perhaps, distemper yours;
therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone
(Act II Scene 1)

The underlined sentence means that my

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A : How dost thou like this tune?
B : It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
A : Thou dost speak masterly
My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;
Hath is not, boy?
B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

Speaker A is

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A : How dost thou like this tune?
B : It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
A : Thou dost speak masterly
My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;
Hath is not, boy?
B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

The two speakers are in

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A : How dost thou like this tune?
B : It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
A : Thou dost speak masterly
My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;
Hath is not, boy?
B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

The relationship between speaker A and B is

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A : How dost thou like this tune?
B : It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
A : Thou dost speak masterly
My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;
Hath is not, boy?
B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

The scene reveals

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A : How dost thou like this tune?
B : It gives a very echo to the seat
Where Love is throned
A : Thou dost speak masterly
My life upon't , young though thou art, thine eye
Hath stayed upon some favour that it loves;
Hath is not, boy?
B : A little, by your favour (Act ll Scene 4)

The dialogue shows that the characters are

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I am not weary, and 't is long to night.
I pray you, let us satisfy our eyes
With the memorials and the things of fame
That do renown this city
(Act III Scene 3)

The speaker is

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I am not weary, and 't is long to night.
I pray you, let us satisfy our eyes
With the memorials and the things of fame
That do renown this city
(Act III Scene 3)

The speaker is addressing

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I am not weary, and 't is long to night.
I pray you, let us satisfy our eyes
With the memorials and the things of fame
That do renown this city
(Act III Scene 3)

The person addressed responds to the speaker's request by

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......;she
Sends him purpose that I may appear stub
born to him ; for she incites me to that in the letter.
''Cast thy humble slough,''
says she; ''be opposite with a kinsman, surly
with servant;.......

The speaker is

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......;she
Sends him purpose that I may appear stub
born to him ; for she incites me to that in the letter.
''Cast thy humble slough,''
says she; ''be opposite with a kinsman, surly
with servant;.......

The letter referred to is from