Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1051:

• WAEC 2014

Read the poem and answer the question
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved and by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silosThe earth has stooped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
The mood of the poet is one of

A. Recklessness
B. Hopelessness
C. Happiness
D. Loneliness

Question 1052:

• WAEC 2014

Read the poem and answer the question
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved and by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silosThe earth has stooped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
''The earth has stopped breathing and sighed'' illustrates

A. Bathos
B. Climax
C. Personification
D. Paradox

Question 1053:

• WAEC 2014

Read the poem and answer the question
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved and by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silosThe earth has stooped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
The run-on lines convey the speaker's

A. Indignation
B. Lamentation
C. Disappointment
D. Defiance

Question 1054:

• WAEC 2014

Read the poem and answer the question
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved and by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silosThe earth has stooped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.
There is a predominance of words associated with

A. Celebration
B. Nature
C. Governance
D. Nurture

Question 1055:

• WAEC 2014

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Caliban: Ay, that I will; and I'II be wise hereafter,
And seek for grace. What a thrice-double ass
Was I, to take this drunkard for a god,
And worship this dull foot!
Prospero : Go to; away!
Alonso : Hence, and bestow your luggage where you found it.
Sebastian : Or stole, rather.
(Act V, scene one lines 293 - 299)
What is Caliban promising to do?

A. Carry more wood
B. Behave appropriately for forgiveness
C. Denounce Stephano and Trinculo
D. Confess his part in the conspiracy