This post contains the complete set of 2007 WAEC Literature questions and answers. They are the objective questions for the 2007 WAEC/WASSCE General Knowledge of Literature section in the West African Examinations Council Literature-in-English syllabus.
Here comes an important question: What is General Knowledge of Literature in the WAEC/SHS Literature syllabus?
The General Knowledge of Literature segment of the WAEC/WASSCE Literature objective test paper assesses candidates’ ability to identify and appreciate an author’s use of figures of speech and other literary techniques in any literary text. This could be prose, drama or poetry.
For that matter, you are expected to provide correct answers to multiple-choice objective questions on such literary techniques as metaphor, allusion, irony and alliteration.
Other aspects of literary appreciation that come up in the General Knowledge of Literature test are tone, rhythm, mood, structure, theme and plot analysis and characterization.
This is why you will find in some WAEC Literature past question papers that this part goes by the title General Questions on Literary Appreciation.
Usually, immediately following the General Knowledge of Literature section are questions on Unseen Prose and Unseen Poetry.
You will see all these types of Literature theory questions in all WAEC Literature question papers. These obviously include the 2007 WAEC Literature questions and answers you are about to see.
Instructions
Answer all the questions.
Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the same letter as the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to each question
An example is given below.
“Farewell, fair cruelty,” is an example of
A. apostrophe
B. metaphor
C. allusion
D. personification
The correct answer is apostrophe, which is lettered A, and therefore answer space A would be shaded.
Think carefully before you shade the answers spaces; erase completely any answer you wish to change
Do all rough work on this question paper
Now answer the following questions
2007 WAEC Literature Questions 1-10
PART 1
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF LITERATURE (General Questions on Literary Appreciation)
1. The sexton who showed the family a wrong grave, apologized for his grave mistake is an example of
A. hyperbole
B. rhythm
C. simile
D. pun
2. An epilogue is
A. an introductory statement of a work of art.
B. a scheme of literary work
C. a concluding statement in a literary work
D. a tribute paid to characters
3. A poem in which a speaker expresses deep feelings is
A. a lyrics
B. an epic
C. a ballad
4. A giving hand is blessed by God is an example of
A. metaphor
B. assonance
C. synecdoche
D. zeugma
5. A play on words is
A. hyperbole
B. alliteration
C. metonymy
D. pun
6. Pick the odd one out of the options listed below.
A. poetry
B. verse
C. stanza
D. chapter
7. Diction applies to
A. scansion
B. figurative language
C. choice of words
D. metre
8. The distinguishing feature of a tragedy is the
A. death of the protagonist
B. conflict between good and evil
C. downfall of the hero
D. humour of the plot
9. The bride shed joyful tears on her wedding day is an example of
A. simile
B. oxymoron
C. euphemism
D. litotes
10. When an actor talks alone while alone on stage, the act is referred to as
A. soliloquy
B. aside
C. monologue
D. oratory
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Questions 11-20
11. A short fiction that illustrates an explicit moral lesson is
A. a myth
B. a legend
C. an allegory
D. a parable
12. Which of the following is a non-African novel?
A. The Last Duty
B. Things Fall Apart
C. The Joys of Motherhood
D. Robinson Crusoe
13. Characters whose actions and personality are predicted by culture and social assumptions are
A. flat characters
B. round characters
C. archetypes
14. May blessings be on the feet that bring good news is an example of
A. irony
B. ode
C. synecdoche
D. pun
15. Pick the odd item out of the options listed below
A. oxymoron
B. hyperbole
C. comedy
D. paradox
16. Satire is
A. an interesting piece of writing
B. a short story that teaches morals
C. a play that ends happily
D. a humorous writing that criticizes to reform
17. The common feature of a dirge is the
A. length
B. sad tone
C. number of stanzas
D. poet
18. The feeling created in a poem is described as the
A. mood
B. diction
C. tone
D. settings
19. A novel is written in
A. verse
B. stanzas
C. prose
D. acts
20. A piece of writing which recounts an experience is
A. narrative
B. descriptive
C. dramatic
D. satiric
PART II
Unseen Prose and Poetry Questions 21-30
This part of the Nov/Dec 2007 WAEC Literature questions is all about unseen prose and unseen poetry. So what are unseen prose and unseen poetry all about in the WAEC/WASSCE Literature exam? Both the Unseen Prose and Unseen Poetry questions will test your ability to appreciate and analyze a literary text that is completely new to you.
Remember that all correct answers are in bold lettering.
Unseen Poetry
Read the poem and answer questions 21-25
To the mind and not the ear
In prose simple and clear
I set my words on stage
And call a spade a spade.
To compose a set in rhymes
Through wit, verse and stanza
With rhythm and pattern of metre
Is to destroy the beauty of lines.
Since words are used for matter
I trust my words will matter
As matter and not manner
Is really all that matter.
21. The poem expresses the
A. power of words
B. wit of poetry
C. efficacy of prose
D. beauty of facts
22. The rhyme scheme of the first stanza is
A. abcd
B. abab
C. aabb
D. aabc
23. According to the poem, prose
A. destroys the beauty of lines
B. expresses wit and facts
C. is verse and stanza
D. is more matter, less manner
24. Line 1 of the poem is a reference to
A. diction
B. imagery
C. theme
D. plot
25. Manner in the last stanza refers to
A. figures of speech
B. mode of expression
C. metrical pattern
D. rhyme scheme
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Read the passage and answer questions 26-30
The horse obstinately refused to move, although there was no apparent reason why he should disobey. But, his inclination was otherwise, and it may have been some magic that was keeping him from moving.
I heard the men, telling my mother about it, and asking her help…………
She went up to the horse and lifting her hand declaimed in a solemn tone of voice: “if it be true that from the day of my birth I had knowledge of no man until the day of my marriage: and if it be true that from my day of marriage I have had knowledge of no other man other than my lawful husband; if these things be true, then I command you, horse, rise up”!. And we all saw the horse get up at once and follow his master quickly away.
26. The mother in the passage possesses
A. supernatural powers
B. evil powers
C. economic powers
D. passionate powers
27. The people who called the mother are
A. religious
B. ignorant
C. superstitious
D. ambitious
28. The speaker here is
A. dreaming
B. recollecting
C. dramatizing
D. soliloquizing
29. The passage portrays the mother as
A. obstinate
B. disobedient
C. immoral
D. faithful
30. The narrative technique used here is
A. third person
B. omniscient
C. first person
D. multiple
Wrapping it up
Congratulations on coming this far. Please note that the above literary appreciation past questions for the Nov/Dec 2007 WAEC Literature questions paper will be repeated in slightly different ways in other WAEC exams. Therefore, keep studying them closely. Compare these WASSCE Literature past objective questions with the others you will find at Cegast Academy. You will be pleasantly surprised at the similarities between them.
Finally, you can always come back to Cegast Academy to personally assess your level of preparedness with a large number of practice tests, quizzes and exams here.
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