Waec Literature in English 2003 Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• WAEC 2003

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the extract below and answer the question
His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.
The mood of the extract is one of

A. Gloom
B. Serenity
C. Anxiety
D. Indifference

Question 17:

• WAEC 2003

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the extract below and answer the question
His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.
The extract is about

A. Armed robbery
B. Ritual killing
C. The tragedy of war
D. The tragedy of oppression

Question 18:

• WAEC 2003

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the extract below and answer the question
His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.
The dominant literary device used is

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

Question 19:

• WAEC 2003

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the extract below and answer the question
His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.
''....a tender rose'' is an example of a/an

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

Question 20:

• WAEC 2003

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the extract below and answer the question
His mind flitted back memory lane. He remembered how time walked quietly in. like a thief in the night and then put a sword in the heart of the land. He remembered all his life's sweat. drained away by the strife.He remembered his wife and two lovely kids, all slain pitilessly by the beasts in khaki. He remembered his only sister, a tender rose, defiled in turns by them and then slaughtered like a lamb upon the ritual table.
''.....put a sword in the heart of the land'' implies

A. Murder
B. Danger
C. Strife
D. Destruction.