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 121· Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley)· WAEC
At the start of An Inspector Calls, the Birlings are celebrating Sheila's engagement to
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Question 122· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
To strengthen his alliance with Octavius Caesar, Antony marries
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Question 123· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
In Antony and Cleopatra, Antony shares rule of the Roman world with
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Question 124· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
A major theme of Antony and Cleopatra is the conflict between
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Question 125· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Cleopatra's two waiting-women who die with her are
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Question 126· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Antony's servant who kills himself rather than kill his master is
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Question 127· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
The action of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra moves mainly between
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Question 128· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Early in Antony and Cleopatra, Antony receives news of the death of his wife
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Question 129· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Cleopatra takes her own life by
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Question 130· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
The asps that Cleopatra uses are brought to her by
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Question 131· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Enobarbus deserts Antony for Caesar but soon dies of grief after Antony
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Question 132· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Antony loses the sea battle of Actium mainly because
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Question 133· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
Antony decides to take his own life after
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Question 134· Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)· WAEC
The famous description of Cleopatra on her barge on the river Cydnus is given by
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Question 135· Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland)· WAEC
Efua Sutherland's The Marriage of Anansewa is written in the form of
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Question 136· Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland)· WAEC
In The Marriage of Anansewa, the character who links the scenes and comments on the action is the
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Question 137· Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland)· WAEC
To escape the trap he has set for himself, Ananse
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Question 138· Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland)· WAEC
In The Marriage of Anansewa, Ananse plans to
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Question 139· Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)· WAEC
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson is falsely accused of
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Question 140· Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)· WAEC
Atticus Finch, Scout's father, is a
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At the start of An Inspector Calls, the Birlings are celebrating Sheila's engagement to

To strengthen his alliance with Octavius Caesar, Antony marries

In Antony and Cleopatra, Antony shares rule of the Roman world with

A major theme of Antony and Cleopatra is the conflict between

Cleopatra's two waiting-women who die with her are

Antony's servant who kills himself rather than kill his master is

The action of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra moves mainly between

Early in Antony and Cleopatra, Antony receives news of the death of his wife

Cleopatra takes her own life by

The asps that Cleopatra uses are brought to her by

Enobarbus deserts Antony for Caesar but soon dies of grief after Antony

Antony loses the sea battle of Actium mainly because

Antony decides to take his own life after

The famous description of Cleopatra on her barge on the river Cydnus is given by

Efua Sutherland's The Marriage of Anansewa is written in the form of

In The Marriage of Anansewa, the character who links the scenes and comments on the action is the

To escape the trap he has set for himself, Ananse

In The Marriage of Anansewa, Ananse plans to

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson is falsely accused of

Atticus Finch, Scout's father, is a