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This 2000 WAEC WASSCE 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 2000 set with instant marking.

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Sample WAEC WASSCE Literature 2000 questions

1. In a play script, what is the main purpose of a direction such as '[She exits quietly]'?
  1. To guide actors or the production team on action or delivery
  2. To state the play's central theme
  3. To identify the play's intended audience
  4. To summarize the preceding scene for readers

Answer: A. To guide actors or the production team on action or delivery

A stage direction gives practical information about movement, setting, sound, or delivery rather than spoken dialogue.

2. Which dramatic device allows a character alone on stage to voice thoughts that other characters do not hear?
  1. Dialogue
  2. Soliloquy
  3. Chorus
  4. Pantomime

Answer: B. Soliloquy

A soliloquy presents a character's private thoughts as speech while the character is alone or treated as alone.

3. During a scene, a character briefly speaks to the audience while the other characters on stage are not meant to hear; this is a(n)
  1. entrance
  2. soliloquy
  3. aside
  4. choral ode

Answer: C. aside

An aside is a brief remark understood by the audience but conventionally unheard by the other characters.

4. The personal weakness or serious error that contributes to a tragic hero's downfall is commonly called the hero's
  1. denouement
  2. comic relief
  3. catharsis
  4. tragic flaw

Answer: D. tragic flaw

A tragic flaw is a weakness or error in judgment that helps bring about a tragic protagonist's ruin.

5. A spectator knows that a sealed letter contains a false accusation, but the hero trusts it and acts on it; the situation chiefly creates
  1. dramatic irony
  2. comic relief
  3. a soliloquy
  4. a flashback

Answer: A. dramatic irony

Dramatic irony occurs because the audience knows something important that the character does not.

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