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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 401:
Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
The atmosphere of the poem is one of
  • A Anxiety
  • B Excitement
  • C Eagerness
  • D Despair
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Question 402:
Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
''frenetic flutes'' illustrates the use of
  • A Hyperbole
  • B Symbolism
  • C Metaphor
  • D Metonymy
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Question 403:
The dominant literary device in the poem is
  • A Personification
  • B Simile
  • C Onomatopoeia
  • D Alliteration
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Question 404:
Read the poem below and answer the question
Dillgent foot-worker
legs lithe, foot loose
to frantic drums
and frenetic flutes
Acrobat strokes swift in the air
wrought masterly like
a frenzied antelope
Gyrating to the April music
of the lush Savannah
The poem is an example of a/an
  • A Lyric
  • B Ode
  • C Pastoral
  • D Ballad
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Question 405:
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Merchant of Venice
Read the extract below and answer the question
A : I pray thee over -name them, and as thou namest them, I will describe them. And according to my description level at my affection.
B : First there is the neapolitan prince.
A : Ay, that's a colt indeedd, for he doth nothing but talk of his horse, and he makes it a great appropriation his own good parts that he can shoe him himself. I am much afeared my lady his mother played false with a smith
Speaker A is
  • A Nerissa
  • B Portia
  • C Jessica
  • D Duke
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