GCE Literature in English 2022
Past Questions

Which of the following best describes an 'allegory'?

Which of the following correctly describes a 'Petrarchan sonnet'?

A narrative technique in which the story is interrupted to depict events that occurred before the current point in time is called

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of closely connected words, as in 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,' is known as

Read the following lines carefully: 'His words were honeyed lies, / Sweet on the tongue, poison to the soul.' The dominant literary device in these lines is

A dramatic monologue is best described as a speech in which

The term 'tragic flaw' in drama is most closely associated with which of the following concepts?

In Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, the Oracle of the Hills and Caves is known as

In Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Weep Not, Child, the character Ngotho loses his sense of dignity primarily because

In Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat, the character Mugo is ultimately revealed to be

In William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the 'beast' that the boys fear on the island ultimately represents

In Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, Pip's secret benefactor who finances his gentleman's education is

In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, George shoots Lennie primarily because

In Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, Michael Henchard's tragic downfall is primarily precipitated by

The dominant literary device in William Blake's 'The Tyger' is

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet?

The theme of betrayal in a literary work is MOST effectively conveyed when

Read the following passage and answer the question. 'Chief Adeyemi had built his empire not on the sweat of honest labour but on the ruins of others. He smiled at funerals and wept at weddings, for j…

Read the following passage and answer the question. 'The river does not ask the stone why it is hard; it simply flows around it, patient and persistent, knowing that time is its greatest ally. So too…

Read the following passage and answer the question. 'Tunde's father had worked forty years for the company, rising from messenger boy to deputy manager. On the day of his retirement, they gave him a …

Read the poem below carefully and answer the questions that follow. The Road Not Taken (Extract) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I sto…

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow: 'I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; B…

Consider the following poem by Wilfred Owen: 'Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs, An…