1998 WAEC SSCE Literature In English Past Questions
1998
Pick the odd item from the list
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The character that opposses the hero in a novel is called the
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The main female character in a play is called
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1998
The omniscient narrator
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1998
Read the extract below and answer the question.The bees are buzzing and humming with great zest, the doves are cooing; and the children chatter as they clatter downstairs to come and dabble in the cool system.The underli…
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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRYJoseph turned around, Be careful you don't slip, he called. Her heel dug for a third step and then the moss stripped off a little. Her hands gripped the moss and tore it out. Joseph saw her head de…
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1998
In England, her love for Henry blossomed like spring flowers after a hard winter. But she abhored the way he dressed in England. They fell in love when she was working in a little coffee shop across from the Crystal Pala…
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1998
Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:I love you, my gentle one;My love is the fresh milk in the rubindiWhich you drank on the wedding day;My love is the butter we were smeared withTo sea…
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1998
Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:O stealing time, the subject of delay,Delay the rack of unrefrained desire,What strange design has thou my hopes to stay?My hopes which do but to min…
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1998
Read the extract below and answer the question:WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth NightA : What country, friends, is this?B : This is lllyria, Lady,A : And what should I do in lllyria? My brother he is in Elysium. Perchance he…
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1998
Read the extract below and answer the question:WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth NightA : What country, friends, is this?B : This is lllyria, Lady,A : And what should I do in lllyria? My brother he is in Elysium. Perchance he…
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1998
Read the extract below and answer the question:WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth NightA : What country, friends, is this?B : This is lllyria, Lady,A : And what should I do in lllyria? My brother he is in Elysium. Perchance he…
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1998
Read the extract below and answer the question:A : Let all the rest give place(Exeunt Curio and attendants),Once more, Cesario,Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty;Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,Prizes,…
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1998
Read the extract below and answer questions:A : Would you'd pardon meI do not without danger walk these streets;Once, in a sea-fight against the Count his galleys,I did some service-of such note, indeed.That were I ta'en…
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1998
OLA ROTIMI: The Gods Are Not To BlameRead the extract below and answer questions:Speaker A: No, no, do not thank me. I am only doing my dutyDo not thank me. Instead, let me only you one quuestionNow you have all come her…
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1998
Read the extract below and answer the questionA : My Lord, you make charges sometimes without groundsB : I do, do I? Very well then, tell me thisBedsharer, You heard it. Didn't you?That blind bat who calls himselfSeer sa…
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1998
Read the extract below carefully and answer the question:Speaker A : Pray son, tell us the word from Ifa No matter how bad it is, we are ready to hear it. The horns cannot be too heavy for the head of the cow that must b…
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1998
Read the extract below carefully and answer the questionA : Then to be plain with you .......I expect the young gentleman I have chosen to be your husband from town this very day.I have his father's letter, in which he i…
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1998
OLIVER GOLDSMITH: She Stoops To ConquerA : Ay, and bring back vanity and affection to last them the whole year.I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home!. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly amon…
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1998
A : Gentlemen, once more you are heartily welcome...Sir, you're heartily welcome.It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gat…