WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2023 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

The moon looked on the massacre in horror ! illustrates

pathetic fallacy Correct answer

prologue

epilogue

transferred epithet

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Question 2 Report

Jonsey's opening speech illustrates

epilogue

soliloquy Correct answer

mime

aside

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Question 3 Report

The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is

couplet

sextet

octave

quatrain Correct answer

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Question 4 Report

In the last stanza, the persona is

fantasizing Correct answer

angry

malnourished

pretending

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Question 5 Report

The speaker is addressing

Helena

Hermia

Demetrius

himself Correct answer

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Question 6 Report

The speaker and the addressee are

father and daughter

master and servant

lovers Correct answer

friends

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Question 7 Report

The extract presents the image of a

enough time

bright day

dark night

calm weather Correct answer

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Question 8 Report

The last paragraph illustrates

anti-climax Correct answer

rising action

suspense

foreshadow

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Question 9 Report

The metrical structure is predominantly

trochaic

dactyllic

iambic Correct answer

spondaic

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Question 10 Report

The third stanza of the Shakespearean sonnet is

quatrain Correct answer

octave

sextet

couplet

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Question 11 Report

The speech is made in

Oberon's place

the woods Correct answer

the Queen's palace

Theseus' palace

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Question 12 Report

The speaker is

Hermia Correct answer

Helena

Hippolyta

Tatiana

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Question 13 Report

A dramatic performance with scenes played by body movements or gestures without words known as

comedy

pantomime Correct answer

panegyric

melodrama

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Question 14 Report

The prevailing atmosphere is

pleasant

drab

tense Correct answer

serene

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Question 15 Report

After the speech, the speaker

begins to dance

laughs uncontrollably

falls asleep Correct answer

starts crying

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Question 16 Report

Bassy is a ____ in the play.

narrator

director

producer

character Correct answer

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Question 17 Report

The character that speaks before the speaker

Demetrius

Theseus Correct answer

Pyramus

Hippolyta

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Question 18 Report

The speaker is

Lysander Correct answer

Thisbe

Egeus

Tatiana

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Question 19 Report

child of scorn illustrates

euphemism

contrast

metaphor Correct answer

metonymy

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Question 20 Report

Seven metrical feet in a line of a stanza is

hexametre

heptametre Correct answer

septet

triolet

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Question 21 Report

That girl is too young to be put in the family way illustrates

euphemism Correct answer

hyperbole

oxymoron

paradox

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Question 22 Report

A fable is also known as

an apologue Correct answer

an epigram

a farce

a parody

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Question 23 Report

The speaker is

Hippolyta

Lysander Correct answer

Pyramus

Bottom

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Question 24 Report

The character that delivers the prologue is

Snug

Starveling

Snout

Quince Correct answer

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Question 25 Report

join in with it, lead it on, but, finally,veer it from illustrates

allusion

simile

parallelism Correct answer

personification

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Question 26 Report

The character that speaks after the speaker is

Lysander Correct answer

Demetrius

Titania

Hippolyta

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Question 27 Report

A short poem lamenting the death of someone is

an ode

a threnody Correct answer

a sonnet

an epic

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Question 28 Report

The speaker's mood stems from

being rejected by the lover Correct answer

having to go into the forest

wanting to punish Hermia

meeting with Hermia

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Question 29 Report

The two stanzas are built on

alternate rhyme Correct answer

identical rhymes

couplets

run-on lines

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Question 30 Report

The speaker resolves to tell

Lysander of Hermia's infidelity

Demetrius of Hermia's flight Correct answer

Egeus of Hermia's flight

Theseus of Hermia's infidelity

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Question 31 Report

rattling like leaves in a storm, fear branded on their faces illustrates

personification and simile Correct answer

personification and metaphor

simile and metaphor

assonance and simile

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Question 32 Report

Now much beshrew my manners and my pride, illustrates the use of

alliteration Correct answer

onomatopoeia

assonance

personification

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Question 33 Report

Come, thou gentle day illustrates

apostrophe Correct answer

irony

paradox

euphemism

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Question 34 Report

The speaker is

Egeus

Hermia

Demetrius

Helena Correct answer

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Question 35 Report

The dominant literary device used in the extract is

parallelism

apostrophe

personification Correct answer

antithesis

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Question 36 Report

In the Town hall is the

setting Correct answer

location

atmosphere

stage

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Question 37 Report

it is not enough to speak, but to speak true illustrates

parable

epitaph

wisecrack

epigram Correct answer

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Question 38 Report

The attitude of the writer towards Sasu is one of

surprise

anger

approval Correct answer

disdain

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Question 39 Report

A character that is built around a single idea or quality is a _______ character.

heroic

flat Correct answer

choral

sound

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Question 40 Report

Jonsey's speech Your mayoral hopeful is addressed to

the audience

Bassey Correct answer

no one

himself

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Question 41 Report

Letters, journals and diaries are examples of

faction

meta-fiction

fiction

non-fiction Correct answer

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Question 42 Report

Thy love ne'er alter, till thy sweet life end.' implies

an enduring love Correct answer

a family love

an undying love

a fickle love

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Question 43 Report

The speech shows that the speaker is

high spirits

dissappointed Correct answer

excited

in a bad mood

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Question 44 Report

At the last head count, the population of the school was three thousand is an example of

synechdoche Correct answer

hyperbole

metonymy

pun

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Question 45 Report

The speaker has just said farewell to

Helena

Demetrius

Hermia Correct answer

Lysander

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Question 46 Report

Reading the poem, one notices that the poet is being

hyperbolic

euphemistic

ironic Correct answer

sarcastic

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Question 47 Report

Exaggerating one's personal features for comic effect is

caricature Correct answer

lampoon

contrast

satire

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Question 48 Report

Resolution in a literary work is also referred to as

events that increase action

final outcome Correct answer

the complication

event that increases tension

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Question 49 Report

The speaker is in

the woods Correct answer

his apartment

a street

the palace

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Question 50 Report

A dead metaphor is

overused and ineffective Correct answer

implied and not funny

implied and underused

overused and funny

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