1994 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4
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Read the extract below and answer the question.
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
The rhyme scheme is known as
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
The rhyme scheme is known as
A
abba
B
abab
C
aabb
D
bbaa
correct option: b
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Read the extract below and answer the question.
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
This kind of rhyme scheme is known as
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
This kind of rhyme scheme is known as
A
alternate
B
irregular
C
free verse
D
couplet
correct option: a
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A poem of 14 lines is known as a
A
quatrain
B
octave
C
sestet
D
sonnet
correct option: d
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» Read the extract below and answer the question.
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
A poem of four lines is known as a
That age is best which is the first
When youth and blood are warmer
But being spent, the worse, and worst
Times still succeed the former.
A poem of four lines is known as a
A
sonnet
B
couplet
C
sestet
D
quatrain
correct option: d
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Pick the odd item from the list
A
prose
B
poetry
C
drama
D
tragedy
correct option: d
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A play is fully realized when it is
A
studied
B
memorized
C
acted
D
read
correct option: c
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An epitaph is
A
poem of lamentation
B
a poem of fourteen lines
C
an inscription on a tomb
D
the life history of an author
correct option: c
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The essential function of a tragedy is to make people
A
laught at mankind
B
think and feel more deeply
C
think and laugh
D
know their enemies
correct option: b
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Mime is the art of acting that involves the use of
A
songs only
B
speeches only
C
gestures only
D
dances only
correct option: c
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