SS 3 LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) HomeWAEC/NECO Exam Past QuestionsSS 3 LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) 0% SSCE/NECO/GCE (LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS) LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS APP Questions will be picked at random from the question bank. You can use the NEXT button to move to the next question, use the PREV button to move to the previous question, the CLEAR button to clear any answer of your choice and you have the FINISH button to end the exam if you choose to. Any question not answered before the end of the exam time, will be marked as wrong and the exam will end by itself. so try to attempt all questions on time. Goodluck! 1 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS ''That it will rain is not unlike'' illustrates the use of" irony metaphor lilotes metonymy 2 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Oral literature is part of music folklore poetry drama 3 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A Sonnet has a final couplet when it has___________ Two sestets Three quatrains An octave A sestet 4 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A praise poem is ____________ An Epigram An Allegory A Panegyric A Ballad 5 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too, Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best Men do their broken weapons rather use Than their bare hands (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) ........this tale justifies_________ Cassio's promotion above Iago Desdemona's attraction to Othello Roderigo's unrequited love for Desdemona Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter 6 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The Main Character in a Play or Novel is the ____________ Protagonist Narrator Villain Antagonist 7 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The eight-line part of a Petrarchan sonnet is the________________ Octameter Octave Quatrain Quartet 8 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the extract and answer the question Work on, My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught, And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord! My lord, I say! (Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49) The speaker is Bianca Othello Lodovico lago 9 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too, Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best Men do their broken weapons rather use Than their bare hands (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) According to the speaker__________ The fight was unnecessary The charges were a waste of time There were other matters demanding the attention of the Senate The tale was good enough to win a woman's heart 10 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the quintet tercet octave sestet 11 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The ....... produces comic relief in drama protagonist antagonist chorus clown 12 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with exposition climax episode resolution 13 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings The poets intention is to___________ Create fun Arouse sympathy Show Contempt Create Humor 14 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this? Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites? For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl! He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion. Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle From her propriety, What is the matter, masters? Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee Iago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) In "Who began this" This refers to the ______________ Bell War Brawl Theft 15 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Ten thousand saw i at glance....... Illustrates_________ Bathos Caesura Hyperbole Climax 16 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The character assumed by the author in his writing is protagonist chorus pseudonym persona 17 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Hamartia, in a literary work refers to a hero's_________ good works Inordinate ambition tragic flaw strength of character 18 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The climax in a literary work is the_____________ Beginning Middle Peak of the conflict Central part of the dialogue 19 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Who lied in the chapel Now lies in the Abbey The dominant device used is___________ Zeugma Chiasmus Pun Paradox 20 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost The predominant figure of speech in the extract is____________ Personification Contrast Paradox Oxymoron 21 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost The extract is about____________ A storm An explosion A flood An earthquake 22 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A short play is also called a novelette playlet farce slapstick 23 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too, Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best Men do their broken weapons rather use Than their bare hands (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) The underlined expression means___________ Make the best out of this Wait till the war is ended Seek counsel elsewhere Take your revenge 24 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too, Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best Men do their broken weapons rather use Than their bare hands (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) The tale being referred to is___________ Brabantio's rejection of Othello's love for his daughter Duke's war exploits Brabantio's rejection of the Othello and Desdemona relationship Othello's war exploits 25 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the extract and answer the question Work on, My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught, And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord! My lord, I say! (Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49) The speaker is addressing Cassio Duke himself herself 26 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient; A man he is of honesty and trust To his conveyance i assign my wife Grace shall think To be sent after me (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283) Othello is leaving to__________ Make peace with the Turks Fight in Rhodes Meet the government of Cyprus Take over the government of Cyprus 27 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient; A man he is of honesty and trust To his conveyance i assign my wife Grace shall think To be sent after me (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283) Othello is speaking to_____________ Roderigo Duke Brabantio Montano 28 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I durst, my Lord, to wager she is honest Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other, Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosom If any wretch have put this your head, Let heaven requite it with the serpents curse For if she be not honest, chaste and true There's no man happy. The purest of their wives Is foul as slander (Acts IV, Scene Two, Lines 12-19) The speaker is__________ Iago Desdemona Emilia Cassio 29 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The leading character in a literary work is the________ Antagonist Villain Foil Protagonist 30 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A short play perfomed during the pause between the acts of a longer play is____________ An Interlude An epilogue An interval A prologue 31 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the stanza and answer this question For days I wept and felt depressed The one and all I loved had left But then on me our Bill impressed 'Your love is where she looks bereft' The rhyme scheme is abab abbc aaba abcc 32 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this? Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites? For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl! He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion. Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle From her propriety, What is the matter, masters? Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee Iago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) Othello is brought to the scene because___________ People are fighting Cassio has stabbed Montano A bell has been rung Iago is drunk 33 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS ...... refers to the structure of a work of art. Setting Plot Style Form 34 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this? Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites? For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl! He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion. Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle From her propriety, What is the matter, masters? Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee Iago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) The major consequence of the brawl is that___________ Cassio is dismissed Montano is killed Roderigo demands his money back Iago is given charge of the city 35 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I durst, my Lord, to wager she is honest Lay down my soul at stake. If you think other, Remove your thought. It doth abuse your bosom If any wretch have put this your head, Let heaven requite it with the serpents curse For if she be not honest, chaste and true There's no man happy. The purest of their wives Is foul as slander (Acts IV, Scene Two, Lines 12-19) The speaker is addressing__________ Othello Montano Duke Roderigo 36 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Weeping Pilliow illustrates________ Dramatic Monologue Pathetic Fallacy Transferred epithet Dramatic Irony 37 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the stanza and answer this question For days I wept and felt depressed The one and all I loved had left But then on me our Bill impressed 'Your love is where she looks bereft' The lines constitute a quatrain an ode a sestet an epic 38 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Speaker: I think this tale would win my daughter too, Good Brabantio, take up this mangled matter at the best Men do their broken weapons rather use Than their bare hands (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 171-174) The speaker is_____________ Othello Cassio Duke Brabantio 39 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the extract and answer the question Work on, My medicine work! Thus credulous fools are caught, And many worthy and chaste dames even thus, All guiltless, meet reproach. What ho! My lord! My lord, I say! (Act IV, Scene One, Lines 45 - 49) Just before this speech, Roderigo is killed Montano fights with Cassio Othello falls into a trance Bianca flings a handkerchief at Cassio 40 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A play on words for literary effect is_________ A Paradox An Elegy A Pun A Satire 41 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A literary work in which the characters are animals is a ____________ Parody Fable Lampoon Pantomine 42 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS He is my most beloved enemy ilustrates__________ Oxymoron Metonymy Synecdoche Litotes 43 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS "Its a matter of sad joy" Iillustrates__________ Euphemism Irony Oxymoron Metonymy 44 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Through the trees, I'll hear a single Ringing sound, a cowbell jingle The underlined is an example of____________ryhme Masculine Internal End Feminine 45 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings The alliteration in stinks and stings effectively conveys__________ Admiration Distaste Approval Indifference 46 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient; A man he is of honesty and trust To his conveyance i assign my wife Grace shall think To be sent after me (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283) The speech illustrates the use of________ Comic relief Irony Litotes Paradox 47 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient; A man he is of honesty and trust To his conveyance i assign my wife Grace shall think To be sent after me (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283) A man he is honesty and trust refers to_________ Cassio Gratiano Lodovico Iago 48 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the stanza and answer this question For days I wept and felt depressed The one and all I loved had left But then on me our Bill impressed 'Your love is where she looks bereft' The lines are iambic tetrameter pentameter hexameter trimeter 49 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The cast appears at the end of a play for the ___________ Intermission Introduction Curtain Call Musical 50 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS An...... is an indirect and usually unfavourable remark aside allusion innuendo irony 51 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the following lines to answer this question The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped At the poor battered and weeping yacht. The dominant device used in the lines is personification alliteration simile assonance 52 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A humorous poem with five lines, the first two ryhming with the last is______________ Sestet Octave A Limerick An ode 53 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Death be not proud, though some have called thee might and dreadful is an example of___________ Apostrophe Euphemism Metaphor Aliteration 54 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Oh spite! Oh Hell!! I see you are all bent To set aganist me for your merriment. The lines illustrate__________ Epigram Epitaph Apostrophe Allusion 55 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Catharsis is normally associated with____________ Tragedy Comedy Pantomime Farce 56 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A short single act drama is called____________ Opera Allusion Playlet Farce 57 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Dramatis personae is the same as ____________ Prompter Chorus Foil Cast 58 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A poem which celebrates simple country life is___________ An epic An ode A pastoral A dirge 59 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS ''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates" hyperbole paradox personification euphemism 60 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Over the cobbles it clattered and crashed is an example of__________ Oxymoron Paradox Pun Onomatopoeia 61 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS An essential part of the plot is____________ Foreshadow Atmosphere Characterization Exposition 62 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS An essential features of drama is___________ Soliloquy Conflict Aside Irony 63 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: So please your grace, my ancient; A man he is of honesty and trust To his conveyance i assign my wife Grace shall think To be sent after me (Act 1, Scene Three, Lines 279-283) Othello then_________ Confers with the Duke Entrusts Desdemona to Iago's care Calls his lieutenant Leaves with Desdemona 64 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Yet, let me flap this bug with gilded wings, This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings The lines illustrates________ End ryhme Internal rhyme Blank Verse Free Verse 65 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A play that moves the audience to pity and fear is a ____________ Pantomime Farce Comedy Tragedy 66 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS But the towering earth was tired of sitting in one position. She moved suddenly and the houses crumbled, the mountains heaved horrible, and the work of a million years was lost The effect of the extract is conveyed through the use of___________ Antithesis Parallelism Climax Conceit 67 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A dramatic performance with ONLY bodily movements and no speech is a _____________ Mime Farce Burlesque Slapstick 68 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS 'Many hands make light work' illustrates the use of' metonymy zeugma hyperbole synecdoche 69 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS The metrical beat in the The Splendor falls on castle walls is___________ Trochaic Anapaestic Iambic Dactylic 70 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Beware her faintly failing health, and gentle gallands around her speed Illustrates_________ Alliteration Oxymoron Repetition Synecdoche 71 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A Poem that celebrates an object, person or event is a balled a dirge a sonnet an ode 72 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this? Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites? For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl! He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion. Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle From her propriety, What is the matter, masters? Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee Iago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) The underlined expression refers to the____________ Killing of Roderigo by Iago Return of the victorious army to Cyprus Intervention of the storm in the war Stabbing of Montano by Cassio 73 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS A narrative poem that relates heroic exploits is an___________ Epilogue Epigram Epic Epitaph 74 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Poetry is written in chapters lines scenes paragraphs 75 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Through ........ the ills of society are criticised with the objective of having them corrected comic relief dramatic irony farce satire 76 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Diction is a writer's choice of___________ Rhythm Style Words Syntax 77 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Othello: Why, how now, ho? from whence ariseth this? Are we turned Turks, and to Ourselves do that Which heaven hath forbid the ottomites? For Christian shame put by this barbarous brawl! He hat stirs next to carve for his own rage Holds his soul light; he dies upon his motion. Silence the dreadful bell, it frights the isle From her propriety, What is the matter, masters? Honest Iago, that looks dead with grieving Speak, Who began this? On thy love, I charge thee Iago: I do not know (Acts II, Scene Three, Lines 155 - 165) To Othello, Iago is________________ Untrustworthy A loyal senator A negligent guard Sincere 78 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Before a play is performed, it is ___________ Recited Auditioned Applauded Rehearsed 79 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Read the following lines to answer this question The livid waters roared and snarled and flapped At the poor battered and weeping yacht. The picture presented is one of quiet sea calm season dark sky stormy weather 80 / 80 Category: LITERATURE PAST QUESTIONS Poetry is written in dramatic descriptive narrative poetic Your score is 0% Restart quiz Practice also: SS 3 GOVERNMENT PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 GEOGRAPHY PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAST QUESTIONS (WAEC/NECO) SS 3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST OF ORALS (WAEC/NECO)