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JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: Set poems: African poetry

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All topicsDrama: types and elements · 38Dramatic techniques · 44Figures of speech · 44General literary terms · 40Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 29Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 29Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 34Poetry: types and forms · 30Point of view and narrative techniques · 27Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 29Prose: types of fiction · 26Set poems: African poetry · 10Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

  1. Question 1· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    In Gabriel Okara's 'Once Upon a Time', the speaker addresses

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  2. Question 2· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    In Niyi Osundare's 'Not My Business', the refrain shows the speaker's

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  3. Question 3· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    Akanni, Danladi and Chinwe in 'Not My Business' are

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  4. Question 4· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    The 'faces' the speaker in 'Once Upon a Time' has learned to wear, such as homeface and officeface, suggest

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  5. Question 5· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    In the refrain of 'Not My Business', the speaker cares only that no one takes away his

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  6. Question 6· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    In 'Once Upon a Time', the speaker says that people now laugh only with their

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  7. Question 7· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    In Soyinka's 'Night', night is presented as a force that the speaker feels to be

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  8. Question 8· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    At the end of 'Once Upon a Time', the speaker asks his son to

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  9. Question 9· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    In Wole Soyinka's 'Night', the poet speaks directly to night. This device is

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  10. Question 10· Set poems: African poetry· WAEC

    'Not My Business' ends with

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