Waec Literature in English 2001 Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• WAEC 2001

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
The killing of a whale at sea isn't pleasant to witness or even to contemplate. Hunted down through solar and other highly specialized equipment, the whale has no more chance of escape like a steer in a slaughterhouse. The manner of his death, however, is very different. A grenade-tipped harpoon explodes deep within his body, often causing prolonged suffering before the gentle-giant, whose intelligence may be second only to our own, is reduced to a carcass ready for processing into crayons, lipstick, shoe polish, fertilizer, margarine and pet food.The inhumane manner of death, however, is the least part of the scandal known as the whaling industry. Much more important is the fact that the killing is quite unnecessary. Adeguate substitutes exist for every single use to which the whale carcasses are currently put, and although some 32,000 whales are killed every year, the sum of commodities are provide is insignificant in the world's economy.
''...like a steer in a slaughterhouse'' is an example of

A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Assonance

Question 27:

• WAEC 2001

Read the poem below and answer the question
Thou art the judge of man
Judging his plans and behaviour
Judging his speech and egotism
You are the patient Judge
Nations plan without having thee in view
They boast of their will
But soon you show them their follies
You are the patient Judge
Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there
Time smiles and laughs
He frowns his face and consults with fate
You are the patient Judge
The poetic device used in the first line is

A. Apostrophe
B. Personification
C. Euphemism
D. Litotes

Question 28:

• WAEC 2001

Read the poem below and answer the question
Thou art the judge of man
Judging his plans and behaviour
Judging his speech and egotism
You are the patient Judge
Nations plan without having thee in view
They boast of their will
But soon you show them their follies
You are the patient Judge
Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there
Time smiles and laughs
He frowns his face and consults with fate
You are the patient Judge
The last line of each stanza illustrates

A. Repetition
B. Refrain
C. Chorus
D. Alliteration

Question 29:

• WAEC 2001

Read the poem below and answer the question
Thou art the judge of man
Judging his plans and behaviour
Judging his speech and egotism
You are the patient Judge
Nations plan without having thee in view
They boast of their will
But soon you show them their follies
You are the patient Judge
Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there
Time smiles and laughs
He frowns his face and consults with fate
You are the patient Judge
The dominant device used in stanza three is

A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Personification

Question 30:

• WAEC 2001

Read the poem below and answer the question
Thou art the judge of man
Judging his plans and behaviour
Judging his speech and egotism
You are the patient Judge
Nations plan without having thee in view
They boast of their will
But soon you show them their follies
You are the patient Judge
Tomorrow and Tomorrow, go here and there
Time smiles and laughs
He frowns his face and consults with fate
You are the patient Judge
The poem is about

A. Judgement
B. Fate
C. Time
D. Life