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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    The speaker's grandfather in 'Digging' cut

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

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

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  6. Question 6· 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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  7. Question 7· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC

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

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

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

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  9. Question 9· 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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  10. Question 10· 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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  11. Question 11· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC

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

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  12. Question 12· 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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  13. Question 13· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC

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

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  14. Question 14· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC

    Chauntecleer escapes from the fox by

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  15. Question 15· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC

    Each stanza of 'She Walks in Beauty' rhymes

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  16. Question 16· 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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  17. Question 17· Set poems: Non-African poetry· WAEC

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

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