Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 826:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
The tone of the extract is one of

A. Anger
B. Pity
C. Sarcasm
D. Indifference

Question 827:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
A poem whose shape resembles the object described is a/an

A. Emblematic poem
B. Romantice poem
C. Elegy
D. Sonnet

Question 828:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
The ominscient narrator is

A. All knowing
B. Limited
C. Realistic
D. Always humorous

Question 829:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
Which of the following does not defin a character?

A. The way the character appears
B. What the character says
C. What others say about the character
D. What the character does

Question 830:

• WAEC 2011

Read the extract and answer the question
Here lies our sovereign Lord the King
Whose word no man relies on
Who never said a foolish thing
And never did a wise one.
A bard is a

A. Novelist
B. Playwright
C. Poet
D. Narrator