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WAEC WASSCE Literature 2010 past questions and answers

This 2010 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 2010 set with instant marking.

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1. A director plans where each actor stands and how each moves during a scene; what is this arrangement called?
  1. Blocking
  2. Casting
  3. Costuming
  4. Editing

Answer: A. Blocking

Blocking is the planned movement and positioning of actors on stage.

2. In a production, two characters maintain a great physical distance during a private conversation to suggest distrust; which aspect of stage communication is being used?
  1. Pantomime
  2. Proxemics
  3. Chorus
  4. Properties

Answer: B. Proxemics

Proxemics concerns how physical distance and spatial relationships communicate meaning.

3. A group in a play comments on the consequences of a ruler's decisions and reflects the community's response; what dramatic element are they performing?
  1. A prologue
  2. A soliloquy
  3. A chorus
  4. A subplot

Answer: C. A chorus

A chorus is a group that comments on or responds to the main action.

4. Before a play's main action begins, a short opening section introduces the conflict and gives the audience essential background; what is this section called?
  1. An epilogue
  2. A denouement
  3. A flashback
  4. A prologue

Answer: D. A prologue

A prologue precedes the main action and may introduce its background or conflict.

5. Early in a story, a character notices a hairline crack in a dam just before a season of heavy rain; which technique hints at a later event?
  1. Foreshadowing
  2. Flashback
  3. Digression
  4. Inversion

Answer: A. Foreshadowing

Foreshadowing plants clues that suggest events to come.

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