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NECO SSCE Literature 2002 past questions and answers

This 2002 NECO SSCE Literature set has 40 practice questions. Try these 5 free sample questions, tap a question to reveal the answer and explanation. Then practise the whole 2002 set with instant marking.

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Sample NECO SSCE Literature 2002 questions

1. A mayor promises to keep the town clean, then secretly dumps waste into its river; which device is most clearly shown?
  1. Verbal irony
  2. Dramatic irony
  3. Situational irony
  4. Hyperbole

Answer: C. Situational irony

The outcome contradicts the mayor's public promise, creating situational irony.

2. A narrator reports only what one character thinks and feels, using 'I' throughout; what point of view is used?
  1. First-person limited
  2. Omniscient third-person
  3. Objective third-person
  4. Second-person

Answer: A. First-person limited

The narrator uses 'I' and confines the account to that narrator's perspective.

3. In the line 'The bitter wind scraped my cheeks like sand,' which sense is most directly engaged by 'bitter' and 'scraped'?
  1. Taste only
  2. Hearing
  3. Sight
  4. Touch

Answer: D. Touch

The words describe a physical sensation on the skin and therefore appeal chiefly to touch.

4. In a script, the instruction '[She hides the letter beneath the mat]' is primarily an example of what?
  1. A soliloquy
  2. An aside
  3. A chorus
  4. A stage direction

Answer: D. A stage direction

The bracketed instruction tells performers or directors what action to stage.

5. When a speaker says, 'My brother is the anchor of our family,' what figure of speech is used?
  1. Simile
  2. Personification
  3. Metaphor
  4. Onomatopoeia

Answer: C. Metaphor

The brother is directly identified with an anchor to suggest stability, without using 'like' or 'as'.

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