Waec Literature in English 2000 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• WAEC 2000

A character that develops with events and situations in a novel is a ......character

A. Flat
B. Sound
C. Minor
D. Main

Question 22:

• WAEC 2000

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
The poem says that ''Joy'' is

A. For the poor
B. Natural and satisfying
C. Artificial and transitory
D. For lovers

Question 23:

• WAEC 2000

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
The dominant device used in presenting ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

A. Diction
B. Oxymoron
C. Personification
D. Conceit

Question 24:

• WAEC 2000

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
The feelings associated with ''Jy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

A. Rhyme
B. Euphemism
C. Assonance
D. Contrast

Question 25:

• WAEC 2000

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
''False glare'' refers to

A. Man-made light
B. Nature's light
C. The moon's light
D. The sun's light