JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions

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All topics Drama: types and elements · 38 Dramatic techniques · 44 Figures of speech · 44 General literary terms · 40 Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 29 Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 29 Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 34 Poetry: types and forms · 30 Point of view and narrative techniques · 27 Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 29 Prose: types of fiction · 26 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 381· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
Maya Angelou's 'Still I Rise' is mainly about
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Answer: C. defiance and resilience in the face of oppression
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Question 382· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty' praises the woman's
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Answer: B. inner goodness as well as her outward beauty
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Question 383· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
'The Nun's Priest's Tale' is best described as
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Answer: C. a beast fable told in a mock-heroic style
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Question 384· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
The speaker's grandfather in 'Digging' cut
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Answer: B. turf on a bog
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Question 385· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
The fox in 'The Nun's Priest's Tale' catches Chauntecleer by
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Answer: C. flattering him into singing with his eyes closed
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Question 386· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
In Seamus Heaney's 'Digging', the speaker's father and grandfather dug with spades, while the speaker will dig with
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Answer: B. a pen
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Question 387· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
'She Walks in Beauty' makes much use of contrast between
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Answer: C. dark and light
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Question 388· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
The 'you' addressed throughout 'Still I Rise' stands for
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Answer: C. those who oppress and belittle the speaker
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Question 389· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
In Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty', the woman's beauty is first compared to
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Answer: C. a night of cloudless climes and starry skies
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Question 390· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
In 'Digging', the pen is said to rest in the speaker's hand 'snug as a gun'. This is
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Answer: A. a simile
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Question 391· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
The repeated words 'I rise' at the end of 'Still I Rise' form a
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Answer: B. refrain
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Question 392· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
In 'The Nun's Priest's Tale', the hen who scoffs at Chauntecleer's dream is
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Answer: A. Pertelote
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Question 393· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
The main idea of Heaney's 'Digging' is that the poet
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Answer: A. honours his family's tradition of work through his own writing
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Question 394· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
Chauntecleer escapes from the fox by
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Answer: D. tricking the fox into opening its mouth to speak
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Question 395· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
Each stanza of 'She Walks in Beauty' rhymes
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Answer: B. ababab
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Question 396· 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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Answer: B. Chauntecleer
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Question 397· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC
In 'Still I Rise', the line 'like dust, I'll rise' contains
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Answer: C. a simile
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Question 398· 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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Answer: A. Richard Rich
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Question 399· 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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Answer: A. a ruthless agent of the king who works to destroy More
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Question 400· 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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Answer: D. Henry VIII
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JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions

Maya Angelou's 'Still I Rise' is mainly about

Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty' praises the woman's

'The Nun's Priest's Tale' is best described as

The speaker's grandfather in 'Digging' cut

The fox in 'The Nun's Priest's Tale' catches Chauntecleer by

In Seamus Heaney's 'Digging', the speaker's father and grandfather dug with spades, while the speaker will dig with

'She Walks in Beauty' makes much use of contrast between

The 'you' addressed throughout 'Still I Rise' stands for

In Byron's 'She Walks in Beauty', the woman's beauty is first compared to

In 'Digging', the pen is said to rest in the speaker's hand 'snug as a gun'. This is

The repeated words 'I rise' at the end of 'Still I Rise' form a

In 'The Nun's Priest's Tale', the hen who scoffs at Chauntecleer's dream is

The main idea of Heaney's 'Digging' is that the poet

Chauntecleer escapes from the fox by

Each stanza of 'She Walks in Beauty' rhymes

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