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WAEC WASSCE Literature 2007 past questions and answers

This 2007 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 2007 set with instant marking.

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1. In the sentence 'The courtroom was a furnace of anger,' which figure of speech is used?
  1. Metaphor
  2. Simile
  3. Personification
  4. Metonymy

Answer: A. Metaphor

The courtroom is directly identified as a furnace to suggest intense anger, without using 'like' or 'as'.

2. A character remains alone on stage and speaks thoughts that the audience hears but the other characters do not; this speech is a
  1. dialogue
  2. soliloquy
  3. chorus
  4. prologue

Answer: B. soliloquy

A soliloquy lets an apparently solitary character reveal private thoughts to the audience.

3. A poet ends a line after 'I followed the road until the moon' and continues the same sentence on the next line; the run-on movement is called
  1. caesura
  2. end-stopping
  3. enjambment
  4. refrain

Answer: C. enjambment

Enjambment occurs when a sentence continues beyond the end of a poetic line without a full stop.

4. A narrator reports the private memories and feelings of several characters and knows events they have not witnessed; the narrator is
  1. a first-person witness
  2. an unreliable participant
  3. a limited observer
  4. an omniscient narrator

Answer: D. an omniscient narrator

An omniscient narrator can enter multiple characters' minds and disclose information beyond their knowledge.

5. A respected leader's stubborn pride repeatedly leads him to reject sound warnings and eventually causes his ruin; his pride functions as his
  1. tragic flaw
  2. comic relief
  3. setting
  4. reversal

Answer: A. tragic flaw

A tragic flaw is a weakness in a tragic protagonist that contributes significantly to the character's downfall.

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