WAEC Literature in English questions

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All topics Drama: types and elements · 9 Dramatic techniques · 7 Figures of speech · 9 General literary terms · 7 Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 5 Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 5 Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 7 Poetry: types and forms · 7 Point of view and narrative techniques · 6 Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 7 Prose: types of fiction · 6 Set poems: African poetry · 10 Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17 Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9 Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10 Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13 Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4 Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

Question 101· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
The hero of Chaucer's 'The Nun's Priest's Tale' is a cock named
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Question 102· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
In 'Still I Rise', the line 'like dust, I'll rise' contains
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Question 103· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
The character who gives false evidence at More's trial in return for an office in Wales is
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Question 104· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons is best described as
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Question 105· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons dramatises the conflict between Sir Thomas More and King
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Question 106· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
The character in A Man for All Seasons who speaks to the audience and plays several minor parts is
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Question 107· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
Thomas More resigns from the office of
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Question 108· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
Thomas More's daughter in the play is
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Question 109· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
More gives Richard Rich a silver cup because
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Question 110· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
The central theme of A Man for All Seasons is
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Question 111· Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt)· WAEC
In A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More refuses to
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Question 112· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 in the fictional industrial town of
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Question 113· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Arthur Birling sacked Eva Smith from his factory because she
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Question 114· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Gerald Croft knew Eva Smith under the name
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Question 115· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
An Inspector Calls ends with a telephone call announcing that
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Question 116· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Sheila had Eva Smith dismissed from Milwards because
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Question 117· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Arthur Birling's confident claim that the Titanic is unsinkable is an example of
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Question 118· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Eric Birling stole money to help Eva from
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Question 119· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
Mrs Birling refused to help Eva when she appealed to
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Question 120· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
The main message of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls is that
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WAEC Literature in English questions

The hero of Chaucer's 'The Nun's Priest's Tale' is a cock named

In 'Still I Rise', the line 'like dust, I'll rise' contains

The character who gives false evidence at More's trial in return for an office in Wales is

Thomas Cromwell in A Man for All Seasons is best described as

Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons dramatises the conflict between Sir Thomas More and King

The character in A Man for All Seasons who speaks to the audience and plays several minor parts is

Thomas More resigns from the office of

Thomas More's daughter in the play is

More gives Richard Rich a silver cup because

The central theme of A Man for All Seasons is

In A Man for All Seasons, Thomas More refuses to

J. B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls is set in 1912 in the fictional industrial town of

Arthur Birling sacked Eva Smith from his factory because she

Gerald Croft knew Eva Smith under the name

An Inspector Calls ends with a telephone call announcing that

Sheila had Eva Smith dismissed from Milwards because

Arthur Birling's confident claim that the Titanic is unsinkable is an example of

Eric Birling stole money to help Eva from

Mrs Birling refused to help Eva when she appealed to

The main message of the Inspector in An Inspector Calls is that