WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2021 (Objective)

Read the poem below and answer questions 26 to 30.

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile

And mouths with myriad subtleties,

Why should the world be over-wise,

In counting all our tears and sighs?

Nay, let them only see us, while

We wear the mask.

We smile but O great god, our cries

To thee from tortured souls arise

We sing, but oh the clay is vile

Beneath our feet and long the mile,

But let the world dream otherwise,

We wear the mask!

The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is

ldentify the odd item:

The lawyer addressed the bench illustrates

A story which explains a natural phenomenon or justifies the beliefs of a society is A. myth B. legend C. motif D. fable

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

When he was little, he would ask his mother. sometimes as he lay in the cold little room and looked up at her as she sat beside the bed stroking his hair why two boys from his class had thrown stones at a dog; or why on another occasion a gang of them had broken into an empty house, smashing the thick door which had curved mouldings on the front which had been turned by carpenters years before; or why he had ended up in a fight which had begun when a little girl had shouted names at him which made no sense about his house and his mother and others had joined in and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some shricked and some laughed and he flaied about with his hard little fists and tears in his eyes. His mother would smile, say 'shhh' and he would drift to sleep with the heart shape of her face imprinted on his mind.

. ..and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some strieked and some laughed illustrates

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45

X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...

(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)

Speaker Y is

Read the poem below and answer questions 26 to 30.

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile

And mouths with myriad subtleties,

Why should the world be over-wise,

In counting all our tears and sighs?

Nay, let them only see us, while

We wear the mask.

We smile but O great god, our cries

To thee from tortured souls arise

We sing, but oh the clay is vile

Beneath our feet and long the mile,

But let the world dream otherwise,

We wear the mask!

The poet's tone is 

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

When he was little, he would ask his mother. sometimes as he lay in the cold little room and looked up at her as she sat beside the bed stroking his hair why two boys from his class had thrown stones at a dog; or why on another occasion a gang of them had broken into an empty house, smashing the thick door which had curved mouldings on the front which had been turned by carpenters years before; or why he had ended up in a fight which had begun when a little girl had shouted names at him which made no sense about his house and his mother and others had joined in and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some shricked and some laughed and he flaied about with his hard little fists and tears in his eyes. His mother would smile, say 'shhh' and he would drift to sleep with the heart shape of her face imprinted on his mind.

The dominant feeling in the passage is that of

Read the extract below and answer questions 36 to 40

But, masters, here are our parts, and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to-morrow night; and meet me in the place wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight. There will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and Our devices known.

(Act I, Scene two Lines 79-84)

The speaker is addressing

Read the extract below and answer questions 36 to 40

But, masters, here are our parts, and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to-morrow night; and meet me in the place wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight. There will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and Our devices known.

(Act I, Scene two Lines 79-84)

They intend to rehearse the play

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45

X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...

(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)

Speaker Y is a member of

A pause within a line of poetry is

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45

X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;

Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;

So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;

And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me

On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...

(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)

Speaker X is

A Midsummer Night's Read the extract below and answer questions 31 to 35.

X: You do impeach your modesty too much,

To leave the city and commit yourself

Into the hands of one that loves you not;

To trust the opportunity of night

And the ill counsel of a desert place

Y: With the rich worth of your virginity.

Your virtue is my privilege: for that

it is not night when I do see your face,

Therefore I think I am not in the night;

Night evolves in the speakers'

A recurring idea, image, or a group of images that unifies a work of literature is

Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.

If we offend, it is with our good will.

That you should think, we come not to offend,

But with good will. To show our simple skill,

That is the true beginning of our end.

Consider then, we come but in despite.

We do not come, as minding to content you,

Our true intent is.

(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)

The speech is A. romanticB. satiric c. comicD. tragic

Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.

If we offend, it is with our good will.

That you should think, we come not to offend,

But with good will. To show our simple skill,

That is the true beginning of our end.

Consider then, we come but in despite.

We do not come, as minding to content you,

Our true intent is.

(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)

The speaker is

Nando's family lives within the lower income bracket illustrates 

A Midsummer Night's Read the extract below and answer questions 31 to 35.

X: You do impeach your modesty too much,
To leave the city and commit yourself
Into the hands of one that loves you not;
To trust the opportunity of night
And the ill counsel of a desert place

Y: With the rich worth of your virginity.
Your virtue is my privilege: for that
it is not night when I do see your face,
Therefore I think I am not in the night;

Speaker X sees Speaker Y

Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.

If we offend, it is with our good will.

That you should think, we come not to offend,

But with good will. To show our simple skill,

That is the true beginning of our end.

Consider then, we come but in despite.

We do not come, as minding to content you,

Our true intent is.

(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)

The speech is part of the

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45

X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...

(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)

Speaker X's speech can be described as a

Utopia is a term used to describe

Read the extract below and answer questions 36 to 40

But, masters, here are our parts, and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to-morrow night; and meet me in the place wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight. There will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and Our devices known.

(Act I, Scene two Lines 79-84)

The rehearsal is in preparation for

Something a character says on stage that is meant for the audience alone is

a short play performed in the pause between the act of a longer play is 

A Midsummer Night's Read the extract below and answer questions 31 to 35.

X: You do impeach your modesty too much,

To leave the city and commit yourself

Into the hands of one that loves you not;

To trust the opportunity of night

And the ill counsel of a desert place

Y: With the rich worth of your virginity.

Your virtue is my privilege: for that

it is not night when I do see your face,

Therefore I think I am not in the night;

Speaker Y is

I feel a million times better than I felt yesterday is

When you are old and grey and full of sleep.

The rhythmic pattern of the above line is

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.

What happened to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

The mood of the poem is one of

The chorus normally features prominently in

A dramatist is someone who....plays

Read the extract below and answer questions 36 to 40

But, masters, here are our parts, and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to-morrow night; and meet me in the place wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight. There will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and Our devices known.

(Act I, Scene two Lines 79-84)

The main actors will be 

Read the poem below and answer questions 26 to 30.

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile

And mouths with myriad subtleties,

Why should the world be over-wise,

In counting all our tears and sighs?

Nay, let them only see us, while

We wear the mask.

We smile but O great god, our cries

To thee from tortured souls arise

We sing, but oh the clay is vile

Beneath our feet and long the mile,

But let the world dream otherwise,

We wear the mask!

The dominant mood is one of

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

When he was little, he would ask his mother. sometimes as he lay in the cold little room and looked up at her as she sat beside the bed stroking his hair why two boys from his class had thrown stones at a dog; or why on another occasion a gang of them had broken into an empty house, smashing the thick door which had curved mouldings on the front which had been turned by carpenters years before; or why he had ended up in a fight which had begun when a little girl had shouted names at him which made no sense about his house and his mother and others had joined in and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some shricked and some laughed and he flaied about with his hard little fists and tears in his eyes. His mother would smile, say 'shhh' and he would drift to sleep with the heart shape of her face imprinted on his mind.

The main character is

Read the extract below and answer questions 36 to 40

But, masters, here are our parts, and I am to entreat you, request you, and desire you, to con them by to-morrow night; and meet me in the place wood, a mile without the town, by moonlight. There will we rehearse: for if we meet in the city, we shall be dogged with company, and Our devices known.

(Act I, Scene two Lines 79-84)

The speaker is A. Bottom B. PeaseblossomC.

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

When he was little, he would ask his mother. sometimes as he lay in the cold little room and looked up at her as she sat beside the bed stroking his hair why two boys from his class had thrown stones at a dog; or why on another occasion a gang of them had broken into an empty house, smashing the thick door which had curved mouldings on the front which had been turned by carpenters years before; or why he had ended up in a fight which had begun when a little girl had shouted names at him which made no sense about his house and his mother and others had joined in and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some shricked and some laughed and he flaied about with his hard little fists and tears in his eyes. His mother would smile, say 'shhh' and he would drift to sleep with the heart shape of her face imprinted on his mind.

The dominant literary device in the passage is

A Midsummer Night's Read the extract below and answer questions 31 to 35.

X: You do impeach your modesty too much,
To leave the city and commit yourself
Into the hands of one that loves you not;
To trust the opportunity of night
And the ill counsel of a desert place

Y: With the rich worth of your virginity.
Your virtue is my privilege: for that
it is not night when I do see your face,
Therefore I think I am not in the night;

Both speakers are in the woods

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.

What happened to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

does it stink like rotten meat? makes use of the sense of

Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.

If we offend, it is with our good will.

That you should think, we come not to offend,

But with good will. To show our simple skill,

That is the true beginning of our end.

Consider then, we come but in despite.

We do not come, as minding to content you,

Our true intent is.

(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)

The speaker is involved in putting on

Read the extract below and answer questions 46 to 50.

If we offend, it is with our good will.

That you should think, we come not to offend,

But with good will. To show our simple skill,

That is the true beginning of our end.

Consider then, we come but in despite.

We do not come, as minding to content you,

Our true intent is.

(Act V, Scene One, Lines 108-114)

The occasion is

A dramatic performance without words is 

Read the poem below and answer questions 26 to 30.

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile

And mouths with myriad subtleties,

Why should the world be over-wise,

In counting all our tears and sighs?

Nay, let them only see us, while

We wear the mask.

We smile but O great god, our cries

To thee from tortured souls arise

We sing, but oh the clay is vile

Beneath our feet and long the mile,

But let the world dream otherwise,

We wear the mask!

The poem is about 

Read the extract below and answer questions9 to 11.

What happened to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

The dominant literary device is 

The most intense part of a conflict is the

A Midsummer Night's Read the extract below and answer questions 31 to 35.

X: You do impeach your modesty too much,
To leave the city and commit yourself
Into the hands of one that loves you not;
To trust the opportunity of night
And the ill counsel of a desert place

Y: With the rich worth of your virginity.
Your virtue is my privilege: for that
it is not night when I do see your face,
Therefore I think I am not in the night;

Speaker X is

A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCB, CDC is a

Read the passage below and answer questions 21 to 25

When he was little, he would ask his mother. sometimes as he lay in the cold little room and looked up at her as she sat beside the bed stroking his hair why two boys from his class had thrown stones at a dog; or why on another occasion a gang of them had broken into an empty house, smashing the thick door which had curved mouldings on the front which had been turned by carpenters years before; or why he had ended up in a fight which had begun when a little girl had shouted names at him which made no sense about his house and his mother and others had joined in and he had rushed at them, scattering them as some shricked and some laughed and he flaied about with his hard little fists and tears in his eyes. His mother would smile, say 'shhh' and he would drift to sleep with the heart shape of her face imprinted on his mind.

The feelings is conveyed by the

Read the extract below and answer questions 41 to 45

X: I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again;
Mine ear is much enamoured of thy note;
So is mine eye enthralled to thy shape;
And thy fair virtue's force perforce doth move me
On the first view, to say, to swear, I love thee.

Y: Methinks, mistress, you should have little reason for that: ...

(Act llI, Scene One, Lines 116-121)

Speaker X has just

An inscription on a tombstone is an

Read the poem below and answer questions 26 to 30.

We wear the mask that grins and lies,

It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,

This debt we pay to human guile;

With torn and bleeding hearts we smile

And mouths with myriad subtleties,

Why should the world be over-wise,

In counting all our tears and sighs?

Nay, let them only see us, while

We wear the mask.

We smile but O great god, our cries

To thee from tortured souls arise

We sing, but oh the clay is vile

Beneath our feet and long the mile,

But let the world dream otherwise,

We wear the mask!

We wear the mask that grins and lies illustrate