2018 - WAEC Literature Past Questions & Answers - page 1

1

The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________

A
Protagonist
B
Narrator
C
Villain
D
Antagonist
CORRECT OPTION: a

A protagonist (from Ancient Greek πρωταγωνιστής (protagonistes), meaning 'one who plays the first part, chief actor') is the leading character of a story. The protagonist is at the center of the story, makes the key decisions, and experiences the consequences of those decisions.

2

A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________

A
Farce
B
Mime
C
Slapstick
D
Burlesque
CORRECT OPTION: b

conveyance of a story by bodily or facial movements especially in drama or dance.

 the art or genre of conveying a story by bodily movements only.

3

Before a play is performed, it is ___________

A
Auditioned
B
Applauded
C
Rehearsed
D
Recited
CORRECT OPTION: c
4

A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a ____________

A
Comedy
B
Farce
C
Pantomime
D
Tragedy
CORRECT OPTION: d

In the simplest terms, Aristotle defined tragedy as a form of drama whose plot is centered on human suffering for the purpose of evoking feelings of pity and fear in the audience.

5

A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________

A
A sestet
B
An octave
C
Two sestets
D
Three quatrains
CORRECT OPTION: d

The English sonnet (also called the Shakespearean sonnet after its foremost practitioner) comprises three quatrains and a final couplet, rhyming ababcdcdefefgg. An important variant of this is the Spenserian sonnet (introduced by the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser), which links the three quatrains by rhyme, in the sequence ababbabccdcdee. In either form, the 'turn' comes with the final couplet, which may sometimes achieve the neatness of an epigram.

6

He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________

A
Synecdoche
B
Oxymoron
C
Metonymy
D
Litotes
CORRECT OPTION: b

Oxymoron: a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction , as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”

7

The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________-

A
Musical
B
Curtain Call
C
Intermission
D
Introduction
CORRECT OPTION: b

A curtain call (often known as a walkdown or a final bow) occurs at the end of a performance when individuals return to the stage to be recognized by the audience for their performance. In musical theatre, the performers typically recognize the orchestra and its conductor at the end of the curtain call.

8

Diction is a writer's choice of___________-

A
Style
B
Syntax
C
Rhythm
D
Words
CORRECT OPTION: d

Diction can be defined as style of speaking or writing, determined by the choice of words by a speaker or a writer. Diction, or choice of words, often separates good writing from bad writing.

9

A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________

A
A dirge
B
An ode
C
An epic
D
A pastoral
CORRECT OPTION: d

country life - a poem, the pastoral and the pretender. It was originally composed to be a companion poem to, Il Penseroso, whichcelebrates a life of melancholy and solitude.

10

Oh spite! Oh Hell!! I see you are all bent

To set aganist me for your merriment.

 

The lines illustrate__________

A
Epitaph
B
Epigram
C
Apostrophe
D
Allusion
CORRECT OPTION: c

In poetry, an apostrophe is a figure of speech in which the poet addresses an absent person, an abstract idea, or a thing. 

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