Waec Literature In English Past Questions For Year 2022
Question 6
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again
The tone of the poet is
- A. jocular
- B. harsh
- C. mournful
- D. sombre
Question 7
Read the extract below and answer the following questions
A little learning is a dangerous thing:
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring
The shallow droughts intoxicate the brain
And drinking largely sobers us again
The poem is
- A. allegoric
- B. didactic
- C. metaphysical
- D. romantic
Question 8
In drama, catharsis is the
- A. change of setting
- B. conflict between two characters
- C. resolution of conflict
- D. purgation of emotion from tension
Question 9
My bounty is as boundless as the sea my love as deep
The above lines illustrate
- A. apostrophe
- B. epigram
- C. hyperbole
- D. euphemism
Question 10
A story with elements that have both literal and figurative meanings is
- A. an allegory
- B. a fable
- C. a novella
- D. an epistle
