Waec Literature in English 1998 Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• WAEC 1998

Pick the odd item from the list

A. Prose
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Tragedy

Question 37:

• WAEC 1998

A play on words is

A. Innuendo
B. Humour
C. Pun
D. Jest

Question 38:

• WAEC 1998

A play is fully realized when it is

A. Studied
B. Memorized
C. Acted
D. Read

Question 39:

• WAEC 1998

An epitaph is

A. Poem of lamentation
B. A poem of fourteen lines
C. An inscription on a tomb
D. The life history of an author

Question 40:

• WAEC 1998

The essential function of a tragedy is to make people

A. Laught at mankind
B. Think and feel more deeply
C. Think and laugh
D. Know their enemies