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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 1336:
Poison ivy came up like a rose
in red and thorny garb
I look, liked and did dare touch
my pals my avid touch espied
with green and frosty eyes
I should've only looked, and not leapt,
For away and over my rising moon she flew
On clipped wings of my dream
Now a song-filled air pocket of serenades
A love's wretch, my dream is a hornbill
Flightless and tottering.
My dream remains a dream still
Now my dream is a locked-up serenade


Line 2 is in iambic___________
  • A Trimether
  • B Tetrameter
  • C Pentameter
  • D Hexameter
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Question 1337:
Poison ivy came up like a rose
in red and thorny garb
I look, liked and did dare touch
my pals my avid touch espied
with green and frosty eyes
I should've only looked, and not leapt,
For away and over my rising moon she flew
On clipped wings of my dream
Now a song-filled air pocket of serenades
A love's wretch, my dream is a hornbill
Flightless and tottering.
My dream remains a dream still
Now my dream is a locked-up serenade


The last line illustrates___________
  • A Parallelism
  • B Contrast
  • C Hyperbole
  • D Metaphor
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Question 1338:
Othello: Not I. I must be found
My parts, my title, and my perfect soul
Shall manifest me rightly, is it they?

Iago: By Janus, I think so
Othello: The servants of the Duke? And my Lieutenant?
The goodness of the night upon you, friends
What is the news?

(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 29 - 34)

Just before this, Iago advises Othello to____________
  • A Stay there
  • B Go in
  • C Show concern
  • D Be fair
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Question 1339:
Othello: Not I. I must be found
My parts, my title, and my perfect soul
Shall manifest me rightly, is it they?

Iago: By Janus, I think so
Othello: The servants of the Duke? And my Lieutenant?
The goodness of the night upon you, friends
What is the news?

(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 29 - 34)

By Janus is_____________
  • A Flashback
  • B Foregrounding
  • C An allusion
  • D Euphemism
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Question 1340:
Othello: Not I. I must be found
My parts, my title, and my perfect soul
Shall manifest me rightly, is it they?

Iago: By Janus, I think so
Othello: The servants of the Duke? And my Lieutenant?
The goodness of the night upon you, friends
What is the news?

(Act 1, Scene Two, Lines 29 - 34)

The news Othello receives is that he must___________
  • A Set sail for Cyprus
  • B Reconcile the Brabantio
  • C Prepare a Military strategy
  • D Appear before the council
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