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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 901:
A major character whose flaws combine with external forces that lead to his downfall is a
  • A Flat character
  • B Round character
  • C Romantic hero
  • D Tragic hero
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Question 902:
Which of the following is not a drama?
  • A Burlesque
  • B Resolution
  • C Pantomime
  • D Opera
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Question 903:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem and answer the question
I wonder how long, you awful parasite
Shall share me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.
I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
on; for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.
Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep;
When thou art sure, I cant you capture,
Just as the time I snore deep.
''Tis so strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one you is in my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.
The poem is about a
  • A Nightmare
  • B Dream
  • C Raid of bugs
  • D Raid of mosquitoes
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Question 904:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem and answer the question
I wonder how long, you awful parasite
Shall share me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.
I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
on; for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.
Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep;
When thou art sure, I cant you capture,
Just as the time I snore deep.
''Tis so strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one you is in my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.
The poem is generally made up of
  • A Rhyming couplets
  • B Heroic couplets
  • C End-stopped lines
  • D Run-on lines
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Question 905:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem and answer the question
I wonder how long, you awful parasite
Shall share me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.
I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
on; for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.
Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep;
When thou art sure, I cant you capture,
Just as the time I snore deep.
''Tis so strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one you is in my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.
The poem is a/an
  • A Monologue
  • B Dialogue
  • C Epilogue
  • D Prologue
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