Waec Literature in English 2002 Past Questions and Answers

Question 21:

• WAEC 2002

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
The month of July crept in. The sky, like a hooded monk wore black, as in mourning, ready to shed its load. The sun was mystified while heaps of sand and dust spiralled high up in the sky, sending high and low alike scurrying into hiding. The town had never known such a downpour, it was forty-eight hours of weeping by both the heavens and the inhabitants of Olusi who lost most of their life's savings in this destructive blessing.
The subject of the passage is

A. Cloud
B. Climate
C. Rainfall
D. Flood

Question 22:

• WAEC 2002

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
The month of July crept in. The sky, like a hooded monk wore black, as in mourning, ready to shed its load. The sun was mystified while heaps of sand and dust spiralled high up in the sky, sending high and low alike scurrying into hiding. The town had never known such a downpour, it was forty-eight hours of weeping by both the heavens and the inhabitants of Olusi who lost most of their life's savings in this destructive blessing.
The month of July crept in is an example of

A. Metaphor
B. Synecdoche
C. Imagery
D. Apostrophe

Question 23:

• WAEC 2002

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
The month of July crept in. The sky, like a hooded monk wore black, as in mourning, ready to shed its load. The sun was mystified while heaps of sand and dust spiralled high up in the sky, sending high and low alike scurrying into hiding. The town had never known such a downpour, it was forty-eight hours of weeping by both the heavens and the inhabitants of Olusi who lost most of their life's savings in this destructive blessing.
The expression the sky, like a hooded monk wore black, illustrates

A. Symbolism
B. Paradox
C. Personification
D. Metaphor

Question 24:

• WAEC 2002

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
The month of July crept in. The sky, like a hooded monk wore black, as in mourning, ready to shed its load. The sun was mystified while heaps of sand and dust spiralled high up in the sky, sending high and low alike scurrying into hiding. The town had never known such a downpour, it was forty-eight hours of weeping by both the heavens and the inhabitants of Olusi who lost most of their life's savings in this destructive blessing.
...........high and low alike refers to the

A. Rulers of the village
B. Women and their children
C. Chiefs and their subjects
D. Rich and the poor

Question 25:

• WAEC 2002

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
The month of July crept in. The sky, like a hooded monk wore black, as in mourning, ready to shed its load. The sun was mystified while heaps of sand and dust spiralled high up in the sky, sending high and low alike scurrying into hiding. The town had never known such a downpour, it was forty-eight hours of weeping by both the heavens and the inhabitants of Olusi who lost most of their life's savings in this destructive blessing.
........destructive blessing shows the use of

A. Antithesis
B. Oxymoron
C. Apostrophe
D. Parallelism